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Lazerboy Forget Nothing Freek Records
It's hard to sound original these days. Let's face it; as we approach the 21st Century, most musical avenues have already been travelled down, and most new "original" music can easily end up being too difficult to listen to or just plain poopy. But wait - Leeds very own Lazerboy are here to save the day!
Forget Nothing is a happy marriage of guitar pop and lo-fi noise, but an unusually friendly sound for such an experimental band. Imagine if you will, the sound of a sample being slowed down until it no longer makes sense. Then imagine a distorted guitar fuzzing in over the top of it. Then a positive melee of virtuoso keyboard effects, some clever, some "ironic", others just plain daft. And put it together with the songwriting skills of a pro.... you'll then have your very own Lazerboy. Look after it, as it'll make you very, very happy. The fuzzed out and anthemic title track (with it's B-Movie "I never meant you any harm..." mad professor sample!) is instantly likeable, along with the deceptively simple "My Love Is Like A Rainbow Baby" with it's lullaby chorus. Tremeloes, wibbles, beeps and organs are here in abundance, and what a pleasant sound they make! Vortex Girl From Hell gives drummer Steve Goodwin a rest with its friendly "sss-sss" beats, but he's soon back for the drum-led Shortwave But Why, based around a mantra like sample played as a theologist gives advice on why humans are doomed. Makes you think, but fun to listen to. But no one-trick pony tactics here; Lazerboy have their sensitive side too. Dave Lazonby makes the touchingly honest and sad "Tomorrow Person" into a lo-fi ballad, dumbing down the eccentric effects for a more sensitive sound, and Kim Birtwell takes over vocal duties on the eerie "You'll Never Know". So there you have it. Original music is indeed safe and well, and living somewhere in Leeds. If you're fed up with the monotonous dirge of commercial dance but don't have the heart to listen to yet another "indie-night anthem", then Lazerboy are quietly waiting for your arrival. Try not to be late. 9/10 Karl Cremin.
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