Press Release EP Release

ARTIST: LAZY HABITS / TITLE: EXTENDED PLAY (EP) RELEASE DATE: 26th OCTOBER 2009

“Frankly awe-inspiring” – John Higgins, BBC.co.uk

“Next time someone mentions hip hop drop this lots name as a must see” “Lazy Habits are the future” – E-Festivals

“Extended Play” is the third release from UK based live Hip Hop crew Lazy Habits. The 8 track EP is a collection of material from their first two releases, the sold out “..surface dirt” and “(on the) Wagon” EP’s, plus “Even Out” and “Please People”, taken from their forthcoming debut LP (for release spring 2010). “Extended Play” follows the bands journey since their inception in 2005 through to them being considered as one of the best live bands on the UK scene and festival circuit today and on the verge of turning underground success in to an assault on the mainstream.
The lead tracks, “Even Out” and “Please People”, have received radio airplay on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 6 and 1 Xtra, as well as many UK independent radio stations, Inc The Selector (British Arts Council founded radio) broadcast to over 32 countries across the world. Described as “breezy, brass soaked jazz”, “Even Out” has gone on to be a favorite summer sing-a-long at festivals across Europe and will feature in forthcoming French cinema release “La Sainte-Victoire”, whilst the military groove and political tinge of “Please People” saw Lazy Habits shoot a guerilla style video at the London G20 march in August 2009. The videos for both of these tracks have received 1000’s of plays on Youtube and are Inc on the “Extended Play” EP.
The other tracks on this EP have all been previously unavailable outside the UK, these include “Lazy” and “Fallen”, taken from 2007’s “(on the) Wagon” EP, that earned the reputation as one of the strongest UK Hip Hop releases of the year, gaining airplay on Radio 1, on both the Steve Lamacq and Ras Kwame shows, Kiss FM and Choice FM among others. These tracks also appeared on the soundtrack to MTV’s Barrio 19 and D.I.Y series.

“Extended Play” Full Track Listing
Even Out (Track & Video)
Please People (Track & Video)
Wagon
Lazy
Fallen
Sanity for Sanctuary
Big Top
on My Way
Lazy Habits are Beats, Rhymes and Brass of the highest quality. Originally the brainchild of one MC, they are now an eight piece live band. Forging elements of hip hop, decks and rhymes, they aim to recreate the sound and feeling of conventional sampled hip hop with real instrumentation. They have performed at some of the UK’s finest venues and festivals Inc Secret Garden Party, Edinburgh Fringe, Electric Picnic and Glastonbury, (where they have now been hosting the prestigious Jazz World Stage for two years), sharing the stage with the likes of The Specials, Beardyman and Lady GaGa.
Website: http://www.lazyhabits.co.uk
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lazyhabits
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lazy-Habits/82289107444
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/Lazyhabits

For press copy of EP for free, please contact James Collins, details at bottom of this site.