Out now: Lifeguard – ‘Ultra Violence’ / ‘Appetite’

Out today, ‘Ultra Violence’ / ‘Appetite’ is the new maxi-single from Chicago trio Lifeguard. Recorded at the band’s rehearsal space / studio, the music continues the unstable ethos of this year’s much-loved debut album Ripped and Torn – alternating high-velocity punk-energies with surreal dub-inflected interludes.

Lifeguard on ‘Ultra Violence’ / ‘Appetite’:

Recorded in Lifeguard’s Stulogulo, newly equipped with actually terrifying faces and friendly heroine carpet, plugged straight into the 8-track machine with the aid of the Dub soldiers, dirty mixing pots and Echoplexes, Lifeguard deliver these 11 tracks in under 15 minutes; 7 inches of LP-oriented fast and automatic music free from lingering, processing, over-thinking, or otherwise staving off release. The fully deterritorialized Ripped and Torn; the ripping and tearing of the band-aid.

This dub-abrasion Maxi-single is Lithographed for the new generation of cylinders. A thin Round wax prism carries that 30-second-torch of what shan’t be considered afterthoughts, rather deliberate bursts scaffolding: ULTRA VIOLENCE and APPETITE.

Out now, Ripped and Torn is Lifeguard’s eagerly awaited debut album. The trio have now been making music together since they were in high school, nearly a quarter of their lives. Noisy and immediate, cryptic but heartfelt, they draw inspiration from punk, dub, power-pop and experimental sounds, and bring them all together in explosive cacophony.

Stream / download ‘Ultra Violence’ / ‘Appetite’ here.
Listen / purchase Ripped and Torn here.