Youthful Australian band The Lazy Eyes shared “Where Is My Brain???” back in February, and they continue to tease us in the build up to EP2 with a new song and video called “Nobody Taught Me”. The new single has quite a backstory to it, with singer Harvey Geraghty saying:
“When I was younger, I would visit my grandparents who live in England every few years. On this one trip, I became friends with the kids who lived on my grandparents’ street. We would meet up everyday and do things that kids do like run around, have a hit with a tennis ball, play hide and seek, you know. Then the next time I went to England, I was so excited to catch up and play with them again only to find out that they had all left and moved houses. It was pretty sad but I still had a nice trip hanging out with my grandparents. ‘Nobody Taught Me’ encapsulates the good and the sad times experienced in England, from the excitement of playing on that street to the heartbreak of being left alone.”
With a blissfully melancholy opening “nobody taught me how to be lonely,” The Lazy Eyes draw us right into this youthful tale of shyness and revelation. They evoke none other than The Beatles in the way they marry their everyman uncertainty with simple pop melodies delivered through a psychedelic sheen. When “Nobody Taught Me” reaches its denouement, where Harvey realises all his friends have now moved away, The Lazy Eyes amplify his disappointment with caverns of guitar, like the loneliness closing in, and this combination of desperation with studio wizardry also recalls the early work of their countrymen in Tame Impala. These are some big shoes to fill, but the signs are that The Lazy Eyes have the potential to get there.
Listen to “Nobody Taught Me” on streaming platforms or watch the teenage-evoking video, which features a cameo from Harvey’s grandparents, below.
We still await the details of EP2, but for now you can follow The Lazy Eyes on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok.
