Lifeguards Waving, Lifeguards Drowning?

Lifeguards
From: Dayton, New York, United States

Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard of Guided By Voices are Lifeguards. The duo first worked together outside of the GBV realm on the 1999 Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Dept, which included "Do Something Real" the anthemic theme to Steven Soderbergh's film Full Frontal. Their debut release as Lifeguards, Mist King Urth, emerged three years later in 2002 on Pollard's own Fading Captain Series label. In 2010 the dynamic duo reconvened for the first time since the end of GBV in 2004 to create an astounding follow up, Waving at the Astronauts.

Gillard wrote and recorded 10 complex and beautiful instrumentals at home then sent the finished compositions off to Pollard who graced the tracks with some of the most unforgettable melodies and strangely poetic lyrics of his career. In May 2010, Pollard recorded his vocals with Gillard and Travis Harrison at Serious Business Music in New York City where drums and overdubs were added and the record was mixed.

Go Try

LIFEGUARDS - Paradise Is Not So Bad by seriousbusiness

Go Visit

Lifeguards - Myspace : Last.FM : Facebook

and if you like Lifeguards and have never experiencedthe wonders of Guided By Voices then check these out...

MP3 - Guided By Voices - Wished I Was Giant
MP3 - Guided By Voices - (I'll Name You) The Flame That Cries
These tracks are linked direct from the Guided By Voices website and are therefore already freely available so please don't claim breach of copyright