The Lazy Eyes share new single 'How Does It Feel To Be In Love?'
The Lazy Eyes | Photo credit: Pooneh Ghana
Praise for The Lazy Eyes and debut album SongBook
"On ‘Songbook’ The Lazy Eyes are showing off, offering the full kaleidoscope of their insane talent. It’s an invitation into a dreamy utopia of their own invention - and you’ll want to stay" - Clash ★★★★½
"a debut album to become completely enamoured by." - Dork ★★★★
"Packed with fully formed, memorable songs" - Mojo ★★★★
"SongBook is a debut that suggests The Lazy Eyes have the guile to forge their own roads in a genre not currently experiencing a dearth of talent." – DIY
"An interesting, and quietly absorbing, debut." - Hot Press
"Now nostalgia aficionados don’t have to root around in cool vinyl sections to discover the past, because The Lazy Eyes are the future." - Line of Best Fit
"a kaleidoscopic coming-of-age record" – NME
"a colourful multi-layered record, full of cartoon imagery and escapism" – Prog
"Aussie psych wonders" - Shindig!
"The Lazy Eyes are steadfastly ones to watch out for." - So Young
"Australia's next great psych-rock band" - Total Guitar
"Australian psych-pop upstarts deliver sparkling, squiggly debut" - Uncut
The Lazy Eyes today share the latest preview of their forthcoming second album with new single ‘How Does It Feel To Be In Love?’. Cheesy Love Songs LP will arrive on Aug 21 via AWAL.
Inspired by the anthemic yet sincere piano-led anthems by Coldplay and the enduring influence of Brian Wilson, ‘How Does It Feel To Be In Love?’ is imbued with candour. Lyrically simple yet carefully profound, the group captures the universal highs and sobering lows of the multi-faceted concept while pulling on all our gooey senses. ‘How Does It Feel To Be In Love?’ lets your interpretation guide its polychromatic instrumental expression.
Songwriter Itay Shachar shares, “For me, this song is one of the main pillars of the album in terms of its message. It asks a very simple question but which is almost impossible to answer, or that everyone could answer differently. I really like that open ended nature. Sometimes I don't know how it feels to be in love but I miss the times when I think I have been and I guess the song also has a yearning quality to it for that reason.”
Pre-save new album Cheesy Love Songs here.
Watch the video for 'How Does It Feel To Be In Love?' below.
In step with the ‘back-to-basics’ approach that culminated in their new album, The Lazy Eyes’ first release in four years, ‘The One Who Got Away’, was met with a stream of enthusiasm. Bringing it back to triple j Unearthed with a swathe of reviews, and free headline pub shows in Sydney and Melbourne to celebrate. With comments as “Oh how I’ve missed your pop‑psychaedelia” (Andy Gavrilovic, triple j Unearthed) to touring with Psychedelic Porn Crumpets nationally, with a packed out home show at The Factory Theatre, The Lazy Eyes’ return has illustrated just how ballads endure and that good things take time.
A music box – the first thing you hear on the album with the song ‘Ballerina’ – by its nature, isn’t easy to maintain; but with the right parts in place, its beauty is something to behold. Making Cheesy Love Songs represented a necessary struggle: Time to go back-to-basics, work out who The Lazy Eyes are in 2026, and return stronger than before. Inspecting each component of their craft, one by one, and trying on a series of recording and production approaches for size. Cheesy Love Songs proves The Lazy Eyes are naturals when it comes to writing songs that feel unaffected and resonant – even with as saturated a subject as affection.
Named in homage to the first track they put out, ‘Cheesy Love Song’, the album feels like a love letter to the classic pop form: a collection of rose-tinted missives that deal in swelling choruses and yearning, bittersweet lyrics that are both ornate and carefree. Their creative adulation for technical wizards who never let that proficiency get in the way of heartfelt songwriting shows just how they thrive. Minimalism, representing who they are right here, right now, and without the baggage of expectation, is how The Lazy Eyes make good on the promise of their debut. Cheesy Love Songs captures complex feelings and experiences in a way that feels simple and real above all else.
The Lazy Eyes - Cheesy Love Songs album tracklisting
1. Ballerina
2. The One Who Got Away
3. Mr Histograph
4. You Were A Child
5. Always In The Back Of My Mind
6. How Does It Feel To be In Love?
7. Never Will She Know
8. You’re The One
9. I Just Don’t Know You Yet
10. Keep Her By My Side
11. Every Day I Lay In Bed
