The Laissez Fairs - Cryptic Numbers (2025)

Tracklist

01. Chapter Three
02. Cryptic Friend
03. Steal The Whole World
04. Duke F 1842
05. Jennifer Down
06. Poison Tongue
07. That Final Road
08. Soul Motion
09. In My Aeroplane
10. Idiot Proof (LP Mix)
11. Authentic Blues 1:47AM
12. Living In The Summer (LP Mix)
13. (Live In A) Garbage Can (2024 Mix)
14. Primrose Hill (2024 Mix)
15. From Field To Field (Live Studio Demo)
16. Remember Her Again (2025 Mix)

It's business as usual for The Laissez Fairs on album #7 - no bad thing when you're in the business of muscular post-mod flower-pop of the 1967 variety. Opener 'Chapter Three' rides in on swirls of backwards guitar, changed vocals and a hypnotic backbeat, 'Cryptic Friends' suggests the outsider vignettes of The Move, 'Steal The Wole World' could be lifted from a volume of Chocolate Soup For Diabetics. But it's not all retro-by-numbers. John Fallon's been doing this stuff since his emergence with The Steppes in the mid-80s, and that experience lends much of Cryptic Numbers a confidence absent in the work of many young pretenders. Fallon's son Cromm and wingman Joe Lawless bring multiple instrumental colours to the mix, from wheezing Mellotron to exotic percussion. Fans of fellow psychpop adventurers The Orgone Box, as well as Fallon's previous extensive catalogue, will lap this up. - Shindig! Magazine

The rock connoisseurs of the era will hear a slight resemblance to The Troggs' 'With A Girl Like You'. With singer John Fallon having a Reg Presley's edge to his voice as well. Fun is fun and The Laissez Fairs delivers it in spades in its latest single. - WoNo Blog

For those who don't know this Las Vegas band (you're not loyal enough to me because whether here or on the show, I often delve into their case with delight and have been doing so for a long time, but I'm not going to bore you with all my old chronicles...)... Oh yeah, what was I talking about before I was interrupted by myself? The Laissez Fairs: imagine The Jam who would have delved very, very deep into the Psychedelic Sixties: that sounds tempting, huh? So jump on this (aptly titled) Cryptic Numbers! Which, like the rest of their discography, is a MUST-HAVE of the genre! No Mod revivalist clichés, no overwhelming nostalgia here. The spirit is more than the letter!!! And an impressive compositional talent! Very impressive!!! Just like their work as performers, which never sounds dusty, but rather: timeless!!! - Voix de Garage Grenoble

Las Vegas psychedelic trio returns with a haze-infused cornucopia that looks backward and forward at the same time. John Fallon’s guitar and Joe Lawless’ Mellotron summon the summer of love, Love itself, Jimi Hendrix, condensing big sounds into three minute bites. Like “Steal the Whole World” that opens with an arresting, almost orchestral fanfare, Mellotron sounding like a sitar. There’s a major prog component at work on “Duke F 1842,” which recalls the Neal Morse Band, and again on “Jennifer Down.” If you love psychedelia, these guys are right up there with Neal Morse and the Pillbugs. - Bloody Red Baron (Pop Geek Heaven)

Yet again it's Rum Bar Records, working up the new album Cryptic Numbers by Las Vegas rockers The Laissez Fairs. There are more than a few groups doing the sixties thing but no one takes the deep dive like The Laissez Fairs. When you listen it seems like there are layers upon layers of sixties vibes resonating all at once. If you like acid psych, this is the group to check out. - Paul Blowfish

Messrs. Fallon, Lawless, Fallon invite you into their minds eye full of CRYPTIC NUMBERS when The Laissez Fairs return to the scene of the Rum Bar March 2025.

Laissez Fairs' music could be described as a psychedelic shower. - Musicletter

The members of this “maximum mod” crew wear their influences on their paisley sleeves. - Las Vegas Review Journal

Right the hell on, my man!! You keep it groovy!! I really love that song about living in a garbage can! They don't sound quite as slick this time, they must be keeping it real! I dig this band, they remind me of a younger version of Plasticland, if you know them. - Rev Norb

The Laissez Fairs climb the ladder of love, devotion and respect aboard their magic bus on 7th full length album release. Writing the next chapter in their celebrated catalog of intoxicating, delectable and addictive musical output across various incarnations of CD, Vinyl, digital and technicolor listening dreams. There is magic in the grooves and in the imagination...and we share that special magic in the relationship we have with you, the music lover, with style, grace, and real songs. Let's keep living that magic together. This album is the key! Take two listenings and call me in the morning. Repeat. Repeat again. Your cure for the 21st century blues.

We are now living amongst Cryptic Numbers. We had but little choice. This domain is idiot proof...almost. The distant sweet memory of Primrose Hill still lingers on That Final Road in the damp morning mist. However, we had to move on. We simply refuse to live with a poison tongue, in a garbage can....come with us....whilst you still can.