It's been a long ten years without this band, but, as this record proves, Lifetime are still Jersey's best dancers.   Full text...

It sounds like four friends revisiting the music that's in their blood.  Full text...

Lifetime is the latest offering from the New Jersey band, and (besides the Two Songs 7-inch) contains the first batch of new material fans new and old have heard from Ari Katz, Dan Yemin, Pete Martin, Dave Palaitis, and Scott Golley since they prematurely parted ways in 1997.   Full text...

Granted, in the less than 24 minutes of music on this album, there's not too much room for missteps, and Lifetime's none too eager to test even the faintest hint of expanding its songwriting, but for now, Lifetime's back as if it never left us.  Full text...

Lifetime catches the band fairly close to its late-period luster, though coupled with the wisdom (and differences) of age. It feels like a recap: There are references to older songs and characters, luggage and leavings, doors opening and closing, the slow creep of adulthood, and tons of people feeling tired. Lifetime is less about meeting the kids at the flagpole and more about the exhaustion brought on by navigating love, boredom, shows, and sickness. The eponymous title? Feels like the signature at the end of a letter...  Full text...