Search - Lazy Magnet :: He Sought for That Magic By Which All Glory & Glam

"If I may be so bold, records like [this] are the reason I play music for strangers on the radio, and write about it for strangers on the internet. It's an utter mindfuck that doesn't defer to any `scene,' any genre, or even any `rules' about song structure. Most of the songs on the album are under two-and-a-half minutes long, with many being way under. Some of the shortest tracks are no more than bits of noise, fuzz, or pretty little instrumental flourishes. These segues add to the `mixtape' feel of the album, a feeling supported even more by the way many songs are comprised of multiple suits, sometimes stylistically disparate from one another, or broken up by injections of noise or tiny snippets of completely different sounding music." -- Blogarhythms "This is what I believe they call whacked-out shit--not terribly surprising, given the sheer number of players ... and the pedigrees involved (some of the players here include present or former members of bands like White Mice, Xerxes, USAISAMONSTER, Rare Youth, and the What Cheer? Brigade) ... the 19 songs here sample freely from just about every genre imaginable (but most often offbeat pop and fractured jazz), often switching gears into wildly disparate genres within any given song. Despite the Providence connection, this is not the kind of wildly hyperactive spazzmusic commonly associated with that area; there are moments of that kind of wildness, yes, but mostly the songs are dominated more by catchy, poplike guitars and jazzy passages." -- One True Dead Angel Jeremy Harris is ten epic bands trapped in one man's body. This is his first proper CD release. On this album, Harris put down his broken guitar and picked up sheet music, taking the time to compose an album that more skilled musicians could perform on instruments like flute, cello, upright bass, and piano. This has allowed him the space needed to destroy music as only Bobby Conn and Joe Preston could. Jeremy Harris has been putting on the mask of Lazy Magnet for over a decade. He has been slaying the proverbial dragon we call music with his electronic saber, which takes the shape of 7"s, cassettes, and many US tours. He has dominated the country with his epic, ever-changing live persona, be it with charming acoustic sets, jarring electronic warfare, fullfledged Judas Priest-in-the-red riffers, or just plain fucking weird mayhem. Harris has also been a member of other epic groups such as the original lineup of USAISAMONSTER, Throne of Blood, Buddy Ship, and infamous noise rock terrors Dynasty. Despite this notable company, he remains a solo visionary with a mission to outdo and destroy--or at the very least pay homage to--the likes of Karp, Thrones, Flipper, Ween, and Anton Levay!