Lazyeyes, w/ The Teen Age at 7th St, Minneapolis (24 July 2015)

I think you can tell right away that the two bands were great friends, and on their eighth day on tour together, it is pretty common to see the two bands invade each other’s stage.

Starting The Teen Age‘s set, earlier than advertised, the band, as previously mentioned, played fast-paced, punk rock… and mostly new or unreleased tracks. The two latest songs they’ve recorded for Old Flame Records were played, including “Low Cunning” and its b-side “Pieces.”

They ended their set with “Backwards”, a song that they had just learned to play while on tour. They jokingly said that if they failed miserably, that it would be the last thing we would remember the band for.

Lazyeyes confessed that this was “the most sober we’ve ever been on tour”… Seeing them crashing and falling and rolling on the stage, if that was their most sober, they must be pretty amazing drunk.

Again, everyone is friends with each other, their drummer asked why it said “F*** You Drew” (instead of the correct song, “Adaptation”) on the setlist. And as you can see from the photo of one of the setlist, it lists Echo and the Bunnymen’s “Lips Like Sugar” as “Lips Like Booger” with a rude drawing.

The cover song was probably the highlight of the show for me, as everyone from The Teen Age joined them on stage, singing, dancing, and having a blast.

Lazyeyes’ latest EP is New Year, available now. If you catch these guys on tour, there is a special tour-only split cassette from Old Flame Records, which you can pick up for $5.

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