2021: A LAZY ODYSSEY is an album of wonderful contrasts with the instrumental ‘Polly’s Lament’, ubiquitous classic rock anthems ‘Wait For Me’, ‘Perdition Dance’, ‘My Hand (Peaky Blinders)’, ‘Pretty As A Flower’ and ‘No No No’, the heavier System of Down-esque ‘Falling In To You’ with interesting time changes and blues rock number ‘I Don’t Know Who I Am’.

The album title 2021: A LAZY ODYSSEY is a play on the title of the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. In keeping with the movies theme the album is introduced with Lazy Fifty’s take of the classical instrumental Also Sprach Zarathustra (R Strauss), the movie’s theme song (check out the timpanis, epic). However, this is definitely not a concept album!

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08 Pretty As A Flower

07 My Hand (Peaky Blinders)

06 Perdition Dance

05 Polly's Lament

04 Falling Into You

03 I Don't Know Who I Am

02 Wait For Me

01 Intro

Inspired by a recurring nightmare and aided by a fascination with 1960s classic cult movie ‘Jason and the Argonauts’, Skeleton Crew tells the desperate story of those damned to eternal anguish.
The song starts with a one minute slide guitar dominated intro which evokes a sense of melancholy, before kicking on to the song proper, a high energy rock anthem with lyrics that tell the tale of the doomed, trapped forever in a chaotic and frenzied hell on the high waters.

Skeleton Crew | Lazy Fifty

Inspired by a recurring nightmare and aided by a fascination with 1960s classic cult movie ‘Jason and the Argonauts’, Skeleton Crew tells the desperate story of those damned to eternal anguish.

The song starts with a one minute slide guitar dominated intro which evokes a sense of melancholy, before kicking on to the song proper, a high energy rock anthem with lyrics that tell the tale of the doomed, trapped forever in a chaotic and frenzied hell on the high waters. 

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Skeleton Crew

Kiwi rockers Lazy Fifty are back! The four-piece from Gisborne, NZ have returned with a new single, Devil On His Day off – a hard and fast blast of pure rock ‘n’ roll.

Devil On His Day Off is a tale of friendship between Jesus and the Devil, their public personas of good versus evil are maintained to appease the human need for a hero and a villain.

On their day off Jesus and the Devil throw off their monikers, play music “the Devil’s on his day off, he’s grabbed his bass guitar, Jesus on the 7 string at the bar”, hang out together and get up to all kinds of mischief.

The Devil is good bugger (kiwi slang, trust us it's a compliment!) and is sick of being cast as the bad guy “he’s tired of faking, he’s tired of breaking, he’s tired of taking the blame all of the time”.

A good old fashioned rock song, Devil On His Day off showcases epic guitar harmonies, enhanced with catchy lyrics and smooth vocals to deliver a modern rock anthem with a classic feel.

Greg Haver says it was great to re-visit the world of Lazy Fifty again after previously working on their ‘2021: A LAZY ODYSSEY’ album. “It’s always encouraging to see a band refresh and continue on their musical journey, a path that Adrian constantly treads in his desire to expand his virtuosity and push the boundaries of the genre.”

Devil On His Day Off is the second single from Lazy Fifty’s fourth studio offering ‘Neighbour of the Beast’ (due for release late 2024). 

Coming in the form of an EP, ‘Neighbour of the Beast’ is the Adrian Athy show, with a bit of Greg Haver thrown in for good measure. Adrian composed all of the songs and played most of the parts - lead/backing vocals, lead/rhythm guitar and bass guitar - with Greg Haver contributing drums/percussion along with production.

Devil On His Day Off

One Last Time is a love story. Lyrically poetic, yet musically firm and melodic, the song starts with a beautiful and haunting slide guitar introduction which sets the tone for the rest of the song.

About a young soldier, who could be of any generation, going to war, the lyrics begin with “Wipe your tears away, don’t you be afraid” and continue with the feel of a narrative diary, concluding with ‘And as I lay I close my eyes. I see your face smiling one last time”.

“One Last Time" is a love story, but also acknowledges the generations that went away to war thinking it was going to be fun, but as it turned out it wasn’t.

One Last Time

Sitting In The Shadows is a song that wakes you up. The intro’s feel is a hybrid of Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden. 


The lyrics are about releasing your ego and doing what you want to do without worrying about what others think. “Makes no sense to asinine, they’re walking blind” is a reference to the masses that so many of us seem to care about what “they” think. But are who are “they” and are “they” thinking at all. 


Thoughtful lyrics, melodic guitar phrases and memorable choruses combine to create a rock anthem is pure rock. 


Kick back, blow up that air guitar and let loose. 


Sitting In The Shadows is telling you to own it.


Sitting In the Shadows

Lazy Fifty’s new single ‘Lost’ is musically and lyrically raw, a traditional blues ballad. 

Composer Adrian Athy says he “wrote ‘Lost’ at a sad time in my life.”

“It’s a heartfelt song that anyone can listen to and relate to their own sorrow. The song wrote itself, the lyrics and the music came naturally.”

Adrian says he grew up with this style of the blues. “Rory Gallagher, Johnny Winter and Roy Buchanan, were all a big influence”. 

Since recording the song the Lazy Fifty team have lost close friends, so for Adrian “the song feels more poignant than ever. At the moment I cry every time I play it, but I guess that’s the blues.”

Lazy Fifty usually play stonking blues rock, this is the first time they’ve released an acoustic blues number. 

Lazy Fifty, bringing you modern blues, with a kiwi feel.

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