Lazy Day Open The Door Vinyl LP Pink Colour 2024

Pink Colour Vinyl

Tracklist:

1. Killer
2. Getting Good
3. Squirm
4. Strangest Relief
5. Bright Yellow
6. Concrete
7. Falling Behind
8. Alright
9. Joke
10. Not Now
11. All The Things That I Love

Open the Door is the debut album from London songwriter Tilly Scantlebury (they/them) as Lazy Day, released Nov 8th 2024 on Brace Yourself Records. Bold and bright indie rock with a canny ear for a hook - the project reaches full fruition here. In the process, it marks Scantlebury out as a fresh, singular voice and a real one to watch.

It follows EPs including 2017’s Ribbons and 2019’s Letters - early releases that saw them heralded by critics as “A lo-fi dream pop force to be reckoned with” (Under the Radar) and “combining the introspection of Elliott Smith, the reverb-drenched resonance of Slowdive and the wonky pop sensibility of Kate Bush” (Noisey). Their first studio album remains dazzlingly Lazy Day, with the volume and saturation turned all the way up.

Written and demoed in Scantlebury’s home studio, Open the Door was made in bursts throughout 2021 and into the beginning of 2022, at The Institute of Sonic Architecture in west Wales, co-produced with Gethin Pearson (Kele Okereke, Charli xcx, Whenyoung).

For those familiar with Lazy Day, the buoyant, earworm songwriting makes a welcome return, amped up and better than ever, via Scantlebury’s own production and more adventurous light-and-shade singing. Those who aren’t will be greeted by a rush of contemplative yet powerful indie rock, with rich vocals in the vein of Chrissie Hynde and Karen O, and a close, atmospheric warmth that echoes the album’s emotional sentiments – of giving, of exchange, of cutting some slack for yourself and others. This is music that speaks directly to you – music for living to, music to feel acknowledged by, and music that will make you happy to be yourself, steady and sparkling and sure.