Lazy Queen’s new single Unemployed, Uninspired is a glorious middle finger dressed as a punk song—and it flips the bird with style. Dropped on April 4th via Icons Creating Evil Art (yes, that’s really the label name, and yes, it fits perfectly), the track is part of their upcoming mixtape Lost, Never To Be Seen Again vol. 1, which sounds like a cryptic message from a punk band lost in IKEA, but is actually a resurrection of unreleased early material.
The song itself? It’s like getting drop-kicked in the chest by your own bad decisions—but in a good way. From the first second, it’s full throttle: guitars snarling like rabid dogs, drums punching you in the throat, and Henrik García Søberg (they/them) howling like someone who just got ghosted and stubbed their toe.
According to Henrik, it’s “the musical equivalent of screaming ‘fuck-off-and-let-me-self-destruct-in-peace’ into one’s pillow.” Frankly, if you’re not doing that at least once a week in 2025, are you even alive?
There’s also a historic moment here: Lazy Queen sneak in their only Norwegian lyrics ever, so if you’ve ever wanted to scream existential despair in two languages, now’s your chance. And let’s be honest—Shrek was right. “Better out than in,” especially when what’s coming out is this gloriously chaotic.
Uncompromising, loud, and more cathartic than your last five therapy sessions combined, Unemployed, Uninspired proves Lazy Queen is overqualified for the dole queue. With output this electrifying, they’re not getting government handouts anytime soon—unless it’s hazard pay for blowing minds.
Review by Thomas