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Happy Camping

by Kazyak

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Sacred Cow 04:39
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2.
Sundial 04:00
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Basin 04:54
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4.
When I Lived in Carolina 04:56
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Darker 03:17
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Happy Camping 05:19
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about

In the conventional sense, a happy camper is a comfortable, contented person. Happy Camping is Kazyak having reached this state in active form. “Everything is fine,” says songwriter/guitarist Peter Frey, “With Happy Camping, the band has reached a steady state with sound, lineup, age/maturity, and life. Simply, we’ve struck balance. The band is experiencing normalcy at a sustained pace.”

With Happy Camping, indie rock band Kazyak has taken a big step beyond picking up the pieces. As we were taken thick into the woods with the See the Forest release, Happy Camping seems the beginning of a great expedition. As Frey says, “It’s after you’ve put your pack on your back and set out walking down an unexplored trail, but before you’ve arrived to the foot of the mountain. This album is the long walk through the open field to the base of the mountain.” The music and inspiration are still deeply grounded in a natural setting, though this time, the forest burned down and this is the first wave of growth – the season is undoubtedly spring, the flowers are growing back, and there is no darkness or hint of death.

Frey wrote the songs in the months that led up to his wedding. As part of a pre-wedding get-away, he and his wife-to-be visited Alaska, where they helicoptered from the foot of a melting basin to set up camp atop the glacier. The trip marked an inventive approach to making peace with the past, entirely unhooking it from the future ahead. In search of balance and a steady-state, Frey and the band seem to have found it.

On Happy Camping, Kazyak’s sound evokes a type of Experimental Americana. The album is dubbed by Frey as the band’s ‘country record’, using simple guitar/bass/drums orchestration to imitate Gillian Welch and David Rawlings’ ‘slow heartbeat’ approach to feel. The lineup is Frey on nylon/acoustic/electric guitars, long-time friend and bassist Lana Bolin, and drummer/engineer Brett Bullion – who together display a tightness that entwine hooks, lines, and visceral textures.

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released July 20, 2017

Produced and written by Peter Frey
Engineered and mixed by Brett Bullion
Mastered by Huntley Miller

Performed by:
Peter Frey guitars, piano, vocals & sequencing
Brett Bullion drums
Lana Bolin bass

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Kazyak Minneapolis, Minnesota

Kazyak is an alternative/indie band based in the Twin Cities. The band has recorded 2 EPs and 5 LPs and finds its source in a deep pool of experimental music.

The lineup includes: Peter Frey (guitar), Andy Wolfe (guitar), Pat Hayes (synth, piano), Mat Grewe (bass), and Nick Grewe (drums). ... more

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