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That review that just went up is right... and long overdue!

and good to see that outburt of Laze news just now... Chatham here we come!

THE LAZE.. UK tour with USPILON ACRUX, concept album release, prog as f... here comes a massive outburst of news direct from the band....

OCTOURBER: “We start our UK tour supporting Upsilon Acrux October 1st. Yes, that's a fortnight away & YES we are psyched. Upsilon Acrux are one of the best contemporary avantech acts out there and they are travelling all the way from LA. Seeing them live is going to be devastating! We are privileged”. (dates further down)

FEAST OF THE TAIL (Oct 2-3) – “As part of the tour we are playing the all-day festival Feast Of The Tail in Liverpool. This is part of a two day extravagonzo festus organised by Samizdat, Meshuggy, Evol & Valhalla. Headlining the Friday night (curated by Meshuggy & Evol) are HEALTH (another band from LA) supported by the most excellent Balloons & others. Headlining the Saturday (Samizdat & Valhalla) are Upsilon Acrux with a.P.A.t.T., us, Honey Ride Me A Goat and loads more supporting. It promises to be the best DIY festival in Liverpool since records began. It will be taking place in none other than Liverpool's Theatre of the Absurd: The Kazimier. Hot Rad.”

SPACETIME FABRIC CONDITIONER (Stopping the Nightmare From Not Dying) - The long overdue concept LP is finally being released. After experiencing every type of technical nightmare, moving studios countless times and basically losing faith in reality we have finished it! And to be incredibly modest... IT SOUNDS BEAST! We are doing a limited CD & VHS release for the UK tour. We will then be officially releasing it on digipak & 12" vinyl in November. The artwork is looks absolutely amazing, we have the genius of Dan McPharlin to thank for that. I have to say now and will continue saying forever: We couldn't have done it without our producer extrordinaire Rich Hurst! The patience of this man surpasses all, nevermind his exquisite string & horn arrangements. He is now officially the 7th member of The Laze, whether he likes it or not.”
“Extra thanks to Organ Mag (say the band) for playing excerpts from the LP for 3 weeks running on their show on Resonance FM. Thanks for the support!!!” – Ha, we haven’t even started, tune in next week, and the week after (and the week after unless the Resonance bosses kick us off...)

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA – “In further LZZZ news: We have just been commissioned to compose a new soundtrack for the 1925 silent horror classic Phantom Of The Opera. We will be performing this live in the big screen at FACT cinema, obviously beneath the screen while the film is projected. This is all in celebration of the remastered DVD release. We are quite possibly going to be on the international DVD release as an alternative soundtrack, along with Rick Wakeman's version. The performance and DVD release dates have yet to be announced, it will most likely be toward the end of the year. We shall keep you informed...

Lots more Laze news and such via www.myspace.com/thelaze. Here at Organ we think The Laze rule, they are right to say they sound beast, The Laze are beast! The album was reviewed a couple of weeks ago and personally, I can’t wait for the tour – THE LAZE, UPSILON ACRUX and HONEY RIDE ME A GOAT TOGETHER... that might just be too much for one night! The progggggest thing ever! Proger than a man in a red dress and a foxes head!

Ah hell, here's the album review again.... it originally ran here back in August when they sent us a demo version... hence the refrences to the demo...

ALBUM REVIEW: THE LAZE – Spacetime Fabric Conditioner – This isn’t really a demo, this is things in progress and an early taste of some kind of masterwork and an album almost ready for release – pay attention serious forward looking cutting edge prog-friendly labels out there, I think they’re looking for someone to take notice and put this out - and someone really should, this is seriously good! We’re talking some kind of instantly attention-demand frontline blend of the best side of brooding Faith No More fused with the progressive drama and seriously challenging adventure of classic King Crimson. Radiant keyboards, moody mountains of imaginative light and shade and stop the boat, the jester, the lark’s tongue is aspic, all lighthouse keepers and whoever’s helping young Washington to cut that cherry tree down for one mad-dive prog rock clock-ticking lawn-mowing minute, stop everything! We have a serious band here, this just might be the missing link that glues together the classic English prog of long past days and the forward looking musical adventure of now. This is cutting edge post-whatever you got for people who understand the glorious beauty of early Genesis, the dramatic adventure of Van Der Graaf or classic King Crimson, this is all that kicked in to a slightly twisted here and now with such gutsy passion, with such understanding of what this thing we call prog is really about... This is the real deal, this is proper full-on unashamed cool as f**k cutting edge expertly crafted dirty-fingered keyboard driven, sax-fuelled twisted English prog rock adventure and when they get the release details sorted we’ll delve a lot further in and tell a hell of a lot more about how brilliant it is...
You can catch The Laze on tour in the UK with Upsilon Acrux and Honey Ride Me A Goat at the start of October, now that is going to be a serious event of a tour, those three bands together is almost too much! More from www.myspace.com/thelaze

UPSILON ACRUX OCTOBER UK TOUR, that’s right, one of the finest avant-prog outfits in the world are heading thing way for the first time ever, LA’s Upsilon Acrux are coming! The dates: 1st October - Chatham with The Laze Honey Ride Me A Goat @ Tap N Tin, 2nd - Milton Keynes with The Laze Action Beat @ The Crown), 3rd – Liverpool with a.P.A.t.T, The Laze and more, All-day fest @ The Kazimier), 4th - Worcester @ The Firefly, with The Laze, 5th –TBC, 6th London with The Laze and Honey Ride Me A Goat - Upset The Rhythm @ Barden's Boudoir, 7th –Leeds with The Laze, That Fucking Tank and Cowtown @ Brudenell Centre – then off to Ireland... 8th - Dublin @ The Lower Deck, 9th Cork @ The Quad – www.myspace.com/upsilonacrux