Lifeguard

Since forming in high school, Brisbane band The Goon Sax—the trio of Riley Jones, Louis For-ster, and James Harrison, best friends who take turns writing, singing, and playing each in-strument—have been celebrated for their unpretentious, kinetic homemade pop. Mirror ll, The Goon Sax’s third album and first for Matador, is something else entirely: a new beginning, a multi-dimensional eclectic journey of musical craftsmanship that moves from disco to folk to no wave skronk with staggering cohesion. Gone are the first-person insecurities of their school days—they’ve been made expansive, more universal, more weird.

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TitleFormatRelease DateStore
Mirror II LP/CD/DA 07/09/21 BUY

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TOUR DATES

  • April 29, 2023
  • Chicago, IL, US
  • Metro
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  • July 21, 2023
  • Philadelphia, PA, US
  • The Ukie Club
  • Tickets
  • July 22, 2023
  • Asbury Park, NJ, US
  • House of Independents
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  • July 23, 2023
  • Baltimore, MD, US
  • Ottobar
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  • July 25, 2023
  • Washington, DC, US
  • DC9 Nightclub
  • Tickets
  • July 27, 2023
  • Durham, NC, US
  • The Pinhook
  • Tickets
  • July 28, 2023
  • Asheville, NC, US
  • Grey Eagle
  • Tickets
  • July 29, 2023
  • Nashville, TN, US
  • Third Man Records
  • Tickets
  • July 30, 2023
  • Atlanta, GA, US
  • The Masquerade - Purgatory
  • Tickets
  • August 1, 2023
  • Birmingham, AL, US
  • Saturn
  • Tickets
  • August 2, 2023
  • New Orleans, LA, US
  • Toulouse Theatre
  • Tickets
  • August 3, 2023
  • Houston, TX, US
  • White Oak Music Hall - Upstairs
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  • August 4, 2023
  • McAllen, TX, US
  • The Gremlin
  • Tickets
  • August 5, 2023
  • San Antonio, TX, US
  • Paper Tiger
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  • August 7, 2023
  • Austin, TX, US
  • The Parish Room
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  • August 8, 2023
  • Dallas, TX, US
  • Sons of Hermann Hall
  • Tickets
  • August 9, 2023
  • Fayetteville, AR, US
  • George's Majestic Lounge
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  • August 11, 2023
  • Lawrence, KS, US
  • The Bottleneck
  • Tickets
  • August 13, 2023
  • Chicago, IL, US
  • Thalia Hall
  • Tickets

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