Lungfish (band)

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Lungfish
Daniel Higgs
Background information
Origin	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Genres	Post-hardcore Experimental rock
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Dischord Simple Machines
Associated acts	Cone of Light June of 44 The Pupils Reptile House The Sonora Pine Tear Jerks Zomes

Members	Daniel Higgs Asa Osborne Mitchell Feldstein Sean Meadows

Past members	John Chriest Nathan Bell

Lungfish is a post-hardcore band formed in 1987 in Baltimore, Maryland. All of their music has been released by the Washington, D.C. punk label Dischord except for their first LP, Necklace of Heads which was released by Simple Machines (it was later added to the CD release of Talking Songs for Walking by Dischord).

Their line-up as of 2005 consists of Daniel Higgs (vocals, occasional guitar), Asa Osborne (guitar), Sean Meadows (bass), and Mitchell Feldstein (drums). Previous bass players are John Chriest and Nathan Bell.

Related projects

Daniel Higgs sang in the 80s hardcore/punk band Reptile House and has released numerous solo works under his own name and also Cone of Light. He has recently made numerous solo performances, usually with the long-necked banjo and jaw harp (his recent albums document this as well: 2006's Ancestral Songs and 2007's Metempsychotic Melodies).^[1]

Asa Osborne has released a CD and 7" with Charles Brohawn of The Tinklers under the name Tear Jerks. Osborne also released an album on Dischord in 2002 with Daniel Higgs under the name The Pupils. In early 2008 the record label Holy Mountain announced a new solo project by Osborne called Zomes.^[2]

Sean Meadows has played in numerous bands including June of 44, The Sonora Pine, and many lesser known bands from the Chattanooga, Tennessee music scene.^[3]

Mitchell Feldstein has published two volumes of prose/poetry: "Hurl" on Apathy Press and "Teen Cardinal" on Shattered Wig Press. He also played drums with Arbouretum

Discography

Albums

Necklace of Heads (1990)
Talking Songs for Walking (1992)
Rainbows from Atoms (1993)
Pass and Stow (1994)
Sound in Time (1996)
Indivisible (1997)
Artificial Horizon (1998)
The Unanimous Hour (1999)
Necrophones (2000)
Love Is Love (2003)
Feral Hymns (2005)
A.C.R. 1999 (2012)

Singles and compilation appearances

1990: "Nothing is Easy" on Simple Machines Records#1 "Wedge" 7", re-released on The Machines: Simple Machines 7"s (1990-1993) comp. (Simple Machines - SMR 19, 1994)^[4]
1990: "Nothing is Easy" (live version) on "Pre-Moon Syndrome Post Summer (of Noise) Celebration Week!"
1993: "Abraham Lincoln" on Simple Machines Working Holiday#2 "Working Holiday Series" split 7" (with The Tinklers)
1993: "Abraham Lincoln" on "The Machines Compilation CD"
1993: "Abraham Lincoln" on "Echoes from the Nation's Capital (A Washington D.C. Compilation) 1"
1994: "Abraham Lincoln" on Working Holiday! CD Compilation
1995: 10 East 3-song 7"
2002: "Friend to Friend In Endtime" on "Dischord 20th Anniversary Compilation"

Related projects: Daniel Higgs

1998: Cone of Light (as Cone of Light)
2002: The Pupils (as The Pupils with Asa Osborne)
2005: Magic Alphabet
2006: Plays the Mirror of the Apocalypse
2006: Ancestral Songs
2007: Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot (book & CD)
2007: Metempsychotic Melodies
2009: Devotional Songs of Daniel Higgs (cassette)
2009: Hymnprovisations for Banjo by the (A.I.U) with Piano & Raindrops
2010: Say God ^[5]
2010: Clairaudience Fellowship (with Twig Harper) ^[6]
2011: Peer Amid (with The Skull Defekts)
2011: Ultraterrestrial Harvest Hymns (cassette)
2011: Beyond & Between
2012: The Measure of Mystery (cassette)

Zomes (Asa Osbourne solo)

2007: Zomes
2011: Earth Grid
2013: Time Was

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