2012 Wrap-Ups...
    "Science Won"- KDHX 88.1 FM St. Louis: #10 Top National Album Spins & #3 Top Local Album Spins, Riverfront Times 50 Best St. Louis Records of 2012, Roy Kasten's Top 80 List of 2012 Albums, PlaybackSTL Top Love Songs of 2012 ("I Could Stay Here For The Rest of My Life"), St. Louis' Musicians Top Concerts of 2012 List (Bros Laz @ Lola 6/10/12). "Science Won Remix"- Riverfront Times' Best of the Year Remix Albums, DJ Needles Top 15 Albums of 2012.


"Their new release, "Science Won," blends styles and genres to create something entirely new about the oldest theme in the world -- family...No single sound prevails. Instead, stitches of jazz, folk, country and rock create the fabric. It doesn't make for a quick, throw-away listen. Much of the album's appeal comes from discovering the layers. Listen one day, and the jazz influence stands out. The next day, it's the poetic lyricism and strong visual imagery. Later, the rooted folkiness of the guitar arrangements comes through. It's subjective to mood, setting and listener experience."

    Robin Wheeler, Freelance Music Writer for KDHX.org; St. Louis, MO


"The Brothers Lazaroff were on last night at Off Broadway with their amazing dynamics and genre play, introducing the audience to a "[New] Way of Thinking"...a Brothers Lazaroff way of thinking."

    Will Kyle, Freelance Music Writer for KDHX.org; St. Louis, MO


"To be clear, Jeff and David Lazaroff — the look-alike, but not twin siblings of BROTHERS LAZAROFF— have moved beyond all things folk, even as their songwriting retains its connection to their heroes: Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. Backed up by the supremely tight rhythm section of Teddy Brookins and Grover Stewart and pushed into the funkosphere by jazz and electronic maestro Mo Egeston on keyboards, Brothers Lazaroff can jam your ass and stir your heart."

    Riverfront Times quote for 2010 St. Louis Music Awards (winner for Best American/Folk Band in St. Louis)


"BROTHERS LAZAROFF craft intelligent lyrics with textured music that sounds terrific! Lots of brothers try Jeff and David deliver!"

    Bryan Beck, KGRS 107.1 FM; Austin, TX


"On Give ‘em What They Need, St. Louis band BROTHERS LAZAROFF takes a hard left turn into the psychedelic wonderland of the studio. As always, the blood brothers Jeff and David Lazaroff are backed by musical brothers Mo Egeston (keyboards), Teddy Brookins (bass) and Grover Stewart (drums); together they drive all their funk, rock, Americana and jam tendencies through a dense and chaotic landscape of noisy discoveries. The 12 songs bleed together, one into the next; the themes pick up where the band’s last album, American Artifact, left off. Dissolution, chaos, fear and confusion dominate; it’s a dark album but there’s much beauty and power in the darkness, new ways of thinking and making music out of the wreckage of emotions and sounds."

    Roy Kasten, KDHX 88.1 FM; St. Louis, MO


“Give 'em What They Need is the third record by BROTHERS LAZAROFF, and with each release Jeff and David Lazaroff add more soul and more brave experimentation to their rootsy music."

    Christian Schaeffer, the Riverfront Times;St. Louis, MO


"Give 'em What They Need is one of my top ten albums of the year! I have listened to it over and over, and I like it more every time I hear it! When I hear a record like this, it re-affirms my faith that music can be taken in a direction that I have never heard before, in a way that both rocks like a mother, yet soothes my soul at the same time. Absolutely brilliant! I don't know how the hell to describe them. A little Americana, rock, soul, and jam band sound mixed together. The best band in St. Louis. Seriously, this album is a life changer. Buy it NOW!"

    Pat Wolfe, KDHX 88.1FM; St. Louis, MO


"Bros Laz defy genres and definition on its new album, Give 'em What They Need. Jazz, blues, soul, twang, folk and rock -- all have a place on the album."

    Annie Zaleski, the Riverfront Times, St. Louis, MO


"The brothers and company took a break from their instruments to open the Carter Family's "No Depression" a cappella, and motioned for the audience to join them in song. For the first time all night, the sold-out crowd quieted, then joined the band in what morphed into a spiritual ceremony of voices, anchored with the organ and stomps of a country church...BROTHERS LAZAROFF escorted the crowd to that place where music brings people together and leaves them slack-jawed and emotionally spent."

    Robin Wheeler, the Riverfront Times; St. Louis, MO


"St. Louis is lucky to have these guys. One of the best bands operating in town these days."

    Steve Pick, KDHX 88.1FM; St. Louis, MO


"I played American Artifact several times over last week while driving through the beautiful Vermont countryside — and let me tell you, this is one of the best traveling records in a long time."

    Duggan Flanakin, FLANFIRE; Austin, TX


"American Artifact, features psychedelic and indie rock elements, while deepening the brothers' original songwriting. But one listen-- with its stinging and expressive pedal steel, plaintive melodies, waltz and shuffle rhythms and close harmonies -- makes clear its affection for and mastery of American roots idioms. The result pays homage to Daniel Lanois' soundscapes (think Oh Mercy and Yellow Moon) and a Cohen-esque mix of existential poetry and social anxiety.”

    Roy Kasten, Riverfront Times and KDHX 88.1 FM; St. Louis, MO.


“With American Artifact, the Lazaroffs and their ace band continue a thoughtful, assured exploration of roots music on 13 tracks often tinged with a bleakness suited to the present.”

    Bryan Hollerbach, managing editor of St. Louis Magazine.