Lungfish (band)
Lungfish is an American band formed in 1987 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. All of their music has been released by the Washington, D.C. punk label Dischord except for their first LP. History. As of 2005, Lungfish's lineup consisted of Daniel Higgs (vocals, occasional guitar), Asa Osborne (guitar), Sean Meadows (bass), and Mitchell Feldstein (drums). Two previous bass players were John Chriest and Nathan Bell. Related projects. Daniel Higgs sang in the 1980s 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"). In 2011, Higgs also collaborated with Swedish band Skull Defekts on the album "Peer Amid" (Thrill Jockey). Since 2015, Higgs has released two full-length albums in Fountainsun, a duo with Fumie Ishii. 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. 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. Mitchell Feldstein has published three volumes of prose/poetry: "Hurl" on Apathy Press, "Teen Cardinal" on Shattered Wig Press, and "Even Change" on Paradigm Publishing. He also played the drums with Arbouretum. In 2019 a cassette recording of Feldstein's spoken word with musical backdrops, "Pretty Boss", was released on Flag Day Recordings. Nathan Bell played bass on Kogumaza's "Kолокол  (2014), which featured the song Ursids", which was used as a double-A-sided single with the band Hookworms. Bell has also worked with David Heumann from Arboureteum as Human Bell. Discography. Albums. All of the albums have 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).