New Orleans band Greazy Alice has announced that their debut album is coming out on Loose Music on January 30th. “As Time Goes By” follows the EP “Circles” and will be promoted by a series of dates in early May. So you may be asking yourself, “Alice, Alice, who the hell is Greazy Alice?…” First and foremost, she is a character from Terry Allen’s seminal 1975 song cycle “Juarez”, “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-2010s, 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.
The band has morphed innumerable times over the last ten years before eventually becoming an umbrella under which this bandleader and highly sought-after session musician, Pianovich, presented 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 (also Pianovich’s significant other half), 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.
The album, according to Pianovich, documents “a moment in time, a moment of reflection, loss, growth and hope.” You will be able to hear more of his thoughts on the album in a future AUK Podcast wherein Keith Hargreaves chats to Alex in New Orleans. But until then, it is fair to say that the belief is that this 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. UNCUT magazine has described it as a “stunning debut from New Orleans-based quartet – a sublime mix of radiant country and heart-worn honkytonk“. Listen to a track from it below.
Greazy Alice UK Tour Dates 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
