LIFEGUARD - Crowd Can Talk / Dressed In Trenches LP Shoegaze I still remember it vividly

I still remember it vividly and how I was haunted by the matter-of-fact line: ‘you cut your head on the bedside table

capturing fans with their beautifully harmonized singing

they were a part of West Germany's nascent Kosmische Musik scene

" (The first installment in this series was a magazine

So now I'm plunged back into the apprehensions

LIFEGUARD - Crowd Can Talk / Dressed In Trenches LP Shoegaze I still remember it vividlyFormed in 2019, Lifeguard are Asher Case (bass, vocals), Isaac Lowenstein (drums, percussion), and Kai Slater (guitar, vocals). At its core, Lifeguard is a punk band. Their music is loud and energetic. Its also, at its core, visceral and hypnotic. For the Chicago based trio that can include repetition and blasts of speaker cone shredding feedback. Their songs adeptly balance melody and chaos, rhythm and drone. Hooks and noise are held to the same