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In late 2016, shortly after their first encounter, Nikita Noebel and Maurice Alexander Stegen (who often performs under his alias Maury Noble) created Poor Saint Lazarus. Both notorious figures of the metropolitan nightlife, their sound explores themes of decadence, love & despair with their musical influences ranging from Bob Dylan to Devendra Banhart. The interplay between Noebel's craze for playing archaic chords on antique guitars and Stegen's sung poetry (written down frantically on his grandfather's typewriter), seems to be the essence of this musical endeavour. Stegen's untrained baritone voice is reminiscent of Johnny Cash as well as Nick Cave. 
 Their debut extended play High Places was released on October 24th 2019. With inspiration taken from daytime bloody marys, late night margaritas and crooning in Berlin’s darkest karaoke bars, High Places feels like Hank Williams starring in a neo-noir film. ‘Hedonistic lifestyle with Depth'' Spinnup, 2020