LIFEGUARD - CROWD CAN TALK/DRESSED IN TRENCHES, UK MATADOR RECORDS OLE 1953T, 2023.

ORIGINAL UK ISSUE, Still Sealed.

US Alternative Rock/Post-Punk... compilation featuring 2 EPs on one record, "the new 5 song EP Dressed In Trenches and for the first time on vinyl, 2022's Crowd Can Talk." Includes a printed insert.

Formed 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. It's 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 standard. On July 7th, Matador Records will release 'Crowd Can Talk/Dressed in Trenches, a composite of two EP's by the band. 'Crowd Can Talk' was originally released in the summer of 2022 by Chicago label Born Yesterday, while 'Dressed in Trenches' features five brand new and unreleased songs.

Tracks are: Side 1: Crowd Can Talk : New Age (I've Got A), I Know I Know, Fifty Seven, Typecast. 

Side 2: Dressed In Trenches: 17-18 Lovesong, Alarm, Ten Canisters (OFB), Shutter Shutter, Tell Me When.

A really nice unplayed copy.

Condition is Mint/UNP (cover/record), cover has no cutout.

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