Lazy Day

Bold and bright indie rock with a canny ear for a hook - the project, now ten years old, feels as though it reaches full fruition here.

In the process, it marks Scantlebury out as a fresh, singular voice and a real one to watch.

Newly married, out as non-binary, and with a completed PhD under their belt, 'Open the Door' finds them occupying their queerness and its constant evolution (questions are posed, answered, left open; “I” and “you” mean something slightly different on each song), and finding validation in that. They are happiest in the domestic (as we hear on upcoming single ‘Squirm’), exploring all the corners of their identity, from masculinity to their Jewishness (recent single ‘Killer’; ‘All The Things That I Love’), and keen to steer the ship, by motivating their loved ones and listeners alike (as on ‘Strangest Relief,’ when they sing: “Take the good when it’s found / I just want you around / Getting stronger”).

In the end, the message is clear. Step into the world. Open the door.