Lazy Susan

After forming in 1998, Sydney’s Lazy Susan made a name for themselves as one of the city’s most beloved independent bands of the era. Based around the music and lyrics of Paul Andrews and Pete Wilson, it was clear from Lazy Susan’s 2001 debut album, Long Lost, that the songwriters had learned their craft listening to the likes of Elvis Costello, Crowded House, Squeeze’s Difford and Tilbrook, and quintessential Australian bands like The Sunnyboys, The Hoodoo Gurus and Happy Hate Me Nots. Featuring the hits ‘Bobby Fischer’, ‘Canada’ and ‘Clumsy’, Long Lost was described by Melbourne’s Age newspaper as “an Australian indie pop classic” and earned Lazy Susan similar national and international plaudits. On the strength of Long Lost, Australia’s national youth radio network paid Lazy Susan the rare double honour of inviting them to perform on their flagship Live at the Wireless program and record a song for its fabled Like A Version album series, then in its infancy. Three more albums and four EPs followed over the next nine years, while the band remained a constant presence on the Australian live music scene, both as a headliner and supporting national and international touring acts. After breaking up in 2012, Lazy Susan reformed to release two new albums of archival material, Songs Lost, B-sides & Unreleased 1998-2010 and its companion piece, Songs Lost, Demos & Live 1998-2010 in 2016.