An interview with Lazy Magnet's Jeremy Harris

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Jeremy Harris' Lazy Magnet is a long-running institution of synth noise, shambled beauty and uncompromising sonic experimentation. Acts Without Error, the project's umpteenth album, juxtaposes long-form, meditative tone structures with briefly revelatory scenes of dismal art pop, coupling stark melodies and fragmented dialogues with icy, mechanical instrumentation. I chatted with Jeremy via email just days before embarking on his East Coast tour to catch up on Lazy Magnet's current touring incarnation, the background of the band's pinacle release on the Bathetic label, and what's next for the 20-year-old project.

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Lazy Magnet is, for all intents and purposes, your solo project. How did the current 5-piece come together for this tour? What necessitated the expanded touring crew?
Live, touring versions of my songs tend to be radically different than the recorded versions. After spending a year and a half producing the three songs that comprise the B-side of Acts Without Error, I still felt as though the songs hadn't been pushed to their full fruition. I planned on taking them as far out as possible - creatively speaking - on the tours set aside for promoting the record. The idea of forming a new Mag band occurred to me as a way to make an event out of the tour to honor the effort that Daryl put into the recordings, and Jon's (Bathetic Records) unwavering dedication to seeing the project through to the end. Naturally, I asked my closest friends, who also happen to be my favorite musicians, to join the tour.