GREAZY ALICE “AS TIME GOES BY”
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DEBUT LP on LONDON LABEL, LOOSE MUSIC, GETS AMERICAN RELEASE ON FULL-TILT RECORDS (USA)
NUMBER 5 on the UK Country Album Chart as of this update
"stunning debut from New Orleans-based quartet, Greazy Alice -
a sublime mix of radiant country
and heart-worn honkytonk"
- UNCUT MAGAZINE
9/10 Uncut MAGAZINE
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mojo MAGAZINE
“the kind of dusty romance once evoked by Seventies cosmic country darlings Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris…This is the musical equivalent of a great dive bar: a little careworn,
easy to love.” - The Times London
“The 10 best new albums and tracks to listen to this week”
- The Times London
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Alice, Alice, who the hell is Greazy Alice?…
Good question.
First and foremost she is a character from Terry Allen's seminal 1975 song cycle Juarez, a "working girl", if you will, haunting a cantina on the Mexican border, walking the tightrope between Dos Equis and XXX. ‘Well I'm sitting in a border palace, suckin' on Dos Equis beer, suckin' with Greazy Alice’ - "Border Palace" by Terry Allen.
In the mid 2010's New Orleans musician Alex Pianovich was searching for a moniker under which to present some new material written as an artist's rendering of that "Big Easy bar band” sound. Upon hearing Juarez he knew he had a name.
Greazy Alice poured out sleazy hard-riffing rock n roll, smoky dive bar blues, and telecaster-driven honky tonk twang. Drunk and dirty, down and out, spend it all tonight may never come. Pianovich and an ever-evolving group of accomplices tried to strike the balance between a winking caricature and heartfelt homage to the music they loved. It was a hell of a lot of fun.
Over the last decade Greazy Alice morphed innumerable times eventually becoming the umbrella under which Pianovich presents most of his music. The current incarnation of the band took shape in November 2024, when Pianovich began to cut demos with an airtight rhythm section consisting of longtime friend Will Repholz on bass and frequent studio collaborator Lee Garcia on drums. Pianovich built on this foundation with swirling guitars and twinkling honky tonk keys. With the final addition of harmony vocals from local singer-songwriter Jo Morris there was magic on the tape. A sound had emerged and it was clear that these tracks were bound to become more than demos. Before long they had a full LP tied up on a couple of reels of 1 inch ATR magnetic tape.
As Time Goes By documents a moment in time, a moment of reflection, loss, growth and hope. A melancholic sweetness runs through those eleven songs and, in contrast with previous work from Greazy Alice, the focus of this album lies squarely on Pianovich's songwriting. It is personal, earnest, and introspective while still evoking elements of the band's earlier bar room aesthetic. It is an honest snapshot of how the band sounds right now and will remain an enjoyable album to revisit regardless of who/what/where Greazy Alice will be in the future.|
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UK TOUR MAY 2026
May 1-2nd - Kilkenny Roots 2026
May 5th - Nottingham, The Chapel at Angel Microbrewery
May 6th - Winchester, The Railway
May 7th - London, Dingwalls 2
May 8th - Birmingham, Kitchen Garden Cafe
May 10th - Brighton, Prince Albert
north america dates TBA
Greazy Alice: Alex Pianovich and Jo Morris