LIFEGUARD - Ripped And Torn LP scre Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge

Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge

It's safe to say that starting a jazz album with a version of Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" was quite a daring deed

a rolling foundation of rhythm over which Johnson’s voice floats and elongated melodic guitar lines soar

went into John McEntire’s Soma Studios to record "We Are All From Somewhere Else" (Thrill Jockey

Sloow Tapes

LIFEGUARD - Ripped And Torn LP scre Crypt of Ancestral KnowledgeOn June 6, Chicago based Lifeguard will release their debut album, "Ripped and Torn," on Matador Records. The young trio, consisting of Asher Case (bass, baritone guitar, vocals), Isaac Lowenstein (drums, synth), and Kai Slater (guitar, vocals), has been making music together since high schoolalmost a quarter of their lives. Loud and direct, cryptic but heartfelt, their songs draw inspiration from punk, dub, power pop, and experimental sounds,