Shybaby are an indie rock band from Brooklyn compromising of Grace Eire and Tess Moreland, who share guitar and vocal duties, Ben Hansen on bass and Charlie McGrath on drums. The outfit have only existed for a year, crowning their inception with an appearance with our friends over at The Le Sigh who labelled them “Brooklyn’s newest, most infectious punk band,” before releasing their debut EP, PBR Tallbetch, last October via Fluorescent Thought.
This autumn sees the band release a new 7″ single, and we’re happy to share a video by Jonny Mancini for the track “Lazy Hazy” to get you excited for the release. “This is a song about being done,” the band explain, “and about settling for now, and about crying over nothing, and about lying to yourself about how it’s ‘nothing.’ It’s a love song in denial.”
This downbeat subject matter is not matched by the sound and tone of the song. ‘Lazy Hazy’ is crafted out of a carefree sense of abandon that borders on reckless, the fun tending toward something near feral with yelps and growls. With a swelling energy that recedes only to flow back in with increased fervour, the track is fuelled by its own zeal, Eire and Leavay singing in tandem or competition, and sometimes just yelling over one another as though seized by an urge no more complicated than screaming at the top of their lungs.
Therefore, the track is neither lazy or hazy, and indeed could serve as an antidote to such afflictions. Shybaby are here to shake you free from lassitude or lethargy through their cavalier, cathartic brand of punk.
The 7″ will be released later this autumn so keep an eye on the Shybaby Bandcamp page for more information, where you can also find their previous release. If you are in New York, they are play a show in The Gutter in Brooklyn on the 29th September so head along to that.
Photo by Jonny Mancini