The Lazys are anything but, so they are looking at their most recent Canadian tour as a learning experience.
The Australian rockers have toured Canada four times in the past year, released their self titled album last year and wrote a couple of the tracks with Canadian luminaries Billy Talent and The Trews.
They stop by The Slice, April 25, hot off a tour with Danko Jones.
“ It’s going really well. We’re four shows in with Danko Jones. It’s been a lot of fun. We’re learning a lot from them,” said Lazys’ guitarist Matt Morris.
“We’ve been playing to great crowds,” he continued adding it isn’t the first time the band has toured Canada, though it will be the first time they have visited Lethbridge.
“On our last tour we played with One Bad Son, so now we’re great friends with them,” he said.
He noted touring Canada again with band mates, vocalist Leon Harrison, bassist Glenn Williams, guitarist Liam Shearer and drummer Jay Breslin, has been refreshing.
“ We’re getting to see new cities and meet some new people,” he said noting some of the new people have included the John-Angus and Colin MacDonald of theTrews, with whom they wrote the song “ Hard Luck,” which is on their self titled album along with “Shake It Like You Mean It” which they wrote with Billy Talent’s Ian D’Sa.
“ That was a really good experience. We learned a lot from working with them,” he said.
They are pleased with the new CD.
“We released it late last year. It’s all original songs. We have some songs we wrote a while ago and the new ones. It’s loud and fun. We‘re pretty proud of it,” he said.
He noted the CD barely touches the band’s live experience.
While a lot of Australian rock bands draw heavily from the well of AC DC, The Lazys are a little different.
“ AC DC. You can’t really get past that,” he laughed adding they also draw a lot of influence from the Angels, another Australian band.
“ They are more of a pop rock band. I also really like John Lennon. He’s really the whole thing,” he said adding Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin is his primary guitar influence.
“ You can’t really go past that either. He’s my biggest influence for sure,” he continued.
The Lazys also have more of a garage rock sound than a lot of Australian bands.
“ I don’t know where that comes from, but we’ve always like the Clash. They have a classic style you can’t really pin down,” he said.
They are excited to make their Lethbridge debut.
“We can’t wait to come and play for you. We’ll keep on having fun in Canada,” he said.
The Lazys play April 25 at the Slice with Calgary rock and roll duo Fever Feel featuring brothers Landon and Logan Gabert .
There is a $10 cover charge for the show that begins at 9 p.m.
