5 QUESTIONS
LAZARUS KANE WHO ARE YOU?
My name is Louis. I am 25 years old and live in North London. If I look out of my bedroom window, I can see Hampstead Heath which looks like a big green dog bed surrounded by dull, grey buildings. On the other side of my flat I can see the Shard which looks like a lot like baby glass toothpick and a little like Isengard.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
I play in Lazarus Kane. There are five other members and we are all best friends! A short fact about each band member: Molly – is the kinda cool/badass one in the band. She is pretty famous on TikTok has a best friend called Amy ‘Big Vibes Only’ Edwards. Harry – is incredibly smart and is very interested in classical literature. Bernard - The expression ‘butter wouldn’t melt’ was invented about Berny – he’s very sweet! Ben – is a very good actor and did Words by Louis Haynes
a superb performance as Juror 8 in Twelve Angry Men at school. I was Juror 7 and got to sit next to him for much of the play! Nick – has the most nicknames in the band. My two favourites are ‘Yum Yum Berthoud’ and ‘Lemony Snicket’ but there are loads of others too!.
WHY DO YOU DO IT?
love and support him totally. After sets, we all come off the stage and sort of plod around in circles hugging each other. Then our managers Rich and Tash join us and it feels like your parents have come to see you at sports day. They have given us so much time and effort and it feels very rewarding to see them proud of us
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW?
There lots of things I don’t like about being in a band. I find touring a bit tough because I feel very bloated after eating petrol station food and I am deeply selfish when it comes to sleeping arrangements.
We have just released an EP called Psychobabble through So Young records. It is four tracks written and was recorded in Studio Bort (Nick’s bedroom) in Spring of this year.
However, there are small tiny moments that happen regularly which I enjoy more than anything else in the world.
The songs are very different from what we have done in the past and I am incredibly proud of them..
When a performance is going well and we are all locked in, Ben and I sometimes end up looking at each other. It is as if every particle of him has been consumed. He looks straight at me but his eyes have completely gone and he’s been taken away to somewhere I have never been to. I know that this is when he is at his most happy and I 31
WHAT'S THE HOT TOPIC?
I am really excited that there are bands/artists who are playing more ‘quiet’ music. Bands like Caroline and Broadside Hacks are very inspiring as they create tension and excitement without playing loud. “Psychobabble”, their debut EP, is out now on So Young Records.
