Lifeguards is the new project led by (now NYC based) Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard of Guided By Voices. The duo had already worked together outside of the GBV realm (under their own names) on the 1999 "Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Dept". This is their 2nd record as Lifeguards, following "Mist King Urth", released in 2002 on Pollard’s own Fading Captain Series. In 2010 Pollard and Gillard reconvened for the first time since the end of GBV in 2004 to create this follow up, entitled "Waving at the Astronauts". Gillard wrote and recorded 10 instrumentals at home then sent the finished compositions off to Pollard who added melodies and lyrics. In May 2010, Pollard recorded his vocals with Gillard and Travis Harrison at Serious Business Music in NYC where drums and overdubs were added and the record was mixed. The album can be streamed in its entirety here.