Tell me a bit about The Lazy Eyes, how did it start?

Harvey: The band originally started in high school – we all went to a performing arts school that we got into for playing music. Because of our mutual interest, it was a pretty natural friendship and we just started jammin together. It started out as busking around the city, but that kinda got old, so we decided to start a proper band.

Itay: For our first two gigs we didn’t even have a name, I came up with The Lazy Eyes when I was flying and listening to the planes music selection. I ended up listening to Beach House and there was a lyric in the song that went “the girl with the lazy eye” and I thought it sounded cool.

How did you get into music?

Harvey: I actually got into music at a really young age, I would say most of my interests were somewhat related to music. For example the movies I liked when I was younger, like Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang all had music in them.

Itay: I think I was the latest to get into music. To be really honest, I think I got properly into music because I started to be friends with these guys. Even when I decided to go to high school for music, it wasn’t something I really thought about. I kinda just stumbled into it I guess and got lucky.

Leon: I grew up around a lot of music, both of my parents grew up in the MTV era. I remember watching a lot of Rage – my parents use to tape episodes, so it was always on in the background at home. My dad is also a bit of a metalhead, so watching him shred on the guitar had a bit of an influence on me. I think just being surrounded by it made me want to have a crack at a few things. As a kid, I ended up playing drums and guitar and now I play bass.

Noah: My parents enrolled me in a music class when I was 6 months old – it was one of those things where you played with other kids and just hit instruments, and it honestly just kept going from that. My grandfather was also a huge influence on me musically as well, he listened to a lot of Stevie Wonder.