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- Summary: The debut full-length release from Chicago rock trio Lifeguard was produced by No Age's Randy Randall.
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- Record Label: Matador
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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MojoJun 17, 2025Ripped + Torn attests to the sophistication of their songwriting with this brutalist form. [Aug 2025, p.80]
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Jun 6, 2025While relentlessly hooky and cathartic in addition to noisy, the album is submerged in a lo-fi murk deemed imperative by the songs themselves. In other words, after hearing it, it’s hard to imagine or want this album any other way -- and that’s a sign of something special.
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UncutJun 6, 2025Boy, so they know what they're doing on this whipsmart debut. [Jul 2025, p.31]
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Jun 9, 2025The trio compels you to return to it again and again on Ripped & Torn—it's just that catchy—all while paving the way for the next generation of curious teens who have uncles with cool record collections.
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Jun 12, 2025Ripped and Torn is the sound of a band making music with the care and attention of a kid standing over a Risograph, printing up the interviews his friends have typed up for their zine, leaving fingerprints on every page.
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 20, 2025Employing rhythmic sideswipes, jarring guitar clangour and dub bass frequencies through a production filter marked 'Mud'. [Summer 2025, p.79]
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Jun 12, 2025Ultimately, ‘Ripped And Torn’ is a little disappointing - its sounds are solid, refined and rehearsed, but feel relatively misguided, with the band seemingly unable to determine exactly where they’re going.