Guards Share New Covers LP via FLOOD Magazine | 'More Cover Songs' LP Out Today via CGR

Guards Share New Cover LP via FLOOD Magazine More Cover Songs LP Out Today via CGR

LISTEN & SHARE: Guards - More Cover Songs Stream LISTEN & SHARE: Guards - "All I Have to Do is Dream" Stream LISTEN & SHARE: Guards - "Just Like Heaven" Spotify / Apple Music   LISTEN & SHARE: Guards - "Everything I Wanted" (ft. Madeline Follin) Stream "A slowly blossoming track that feels both reverent and eager to cast off the shackles of its origins [...] For a split second, you think you’re listening to Phil Collins’ 'In the Air Tonight,' but the song just as quickly veers into a gorgeous landscape of hushed vocals, minimal instrumentation, and that melody which seems to wind out for ten miles. The band looks for ways to subtly adapt this perfection, effortlessly placing their mark on a song so beloved that we’ll still be singing it 100 years from now." - Beats Per Minute "With their explosive version of the track coming to life with infectious guitars and catchy drum beats, the heart of this cover and all the other tracks on the album is find joy during the dark days" - EARMILK "This transformation honors The Everly Brothers spirit and easily makes the track an album highlight." - The Fire Note "It's just strong music with a huge tonal range, all tied together by James' fantastic vocal ability and songwriting chops. The dude's gotten into folksy stuff before, and you can hear that in the EP, where it works just as well as the moodier songs and breakneck-speed pop." - Impose Magazine "Guards' music captures the pop sound of the late '50s and early '60s, but with more power and polish." - NPR NYC indie rock stalwarts Guards have shared a brand new covers album, More Cover Songs, out today via CGR and streamed in advance via FLOOD Magazine. The new LP features covers of songs by a vast range of artists including Ramones, Suicide, Billie Eilish (covered alongside his sister, Cults vocalist Madeline Follin, as an homage to Eilish’s musical partnership with her brother FINNEAS), and even the M*A*S*H* theme, originally written by Robert Altman’s then-pre-teen son. Guards started recording this covers album at the beginning of the pandemic, and found it to be a never ending task of pure enjoyment during the dark days. "We made a long long list of songs we would like to try and some proved  easier to make our own than others, but in the end the album ended up consisting of the songs we thought we were  able to shape in to our sound. The problem with covering songs by bands that really influence us is they end up  sounding quite similar to the original haha. This was one of the most fun albums I have ever made because  essentially you are celebrating these artists you love and it reinforces the whole reason we love playing music in the  first place," said Follin of the covers album.   Recorded partly in LA at Follin’s home studio and partly in NY at Loren’s studio Diamond Mine. The album was mixed by Adam Thein in Austin, Texas. As of late, Richie has been focusing his energy on a feature film project, and Loren recently co-produced the forthcoming Arctic Monkeys LP and tracks on Lana Del Rey’s last two albums. But this covers LP brought them back together as a labor of love. GUARDS LINKS Facebook | Twitter | Bandcamp | Instagram