Lifetime
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
Lifetime reunited in August 2005 to play New Jerseys Hellfest, but when the festival was unexpectedly canceled, the group instead played a few shows around the East Coast, all proceeds going to charity. Several more packed shows followed, including a slot at 2006s South by Southwest festival, before the band decided to seriously re-form and sign with Decaydance (headed by Fall Out Boys Pete Wentz, who was a huge fan of the band) in March 2006. That same month, Jade Tree released the double-disc collectors set Somewhere in the Swamps of Jersey, which highlighted the bands earlier (and much of it out of print) work alongside 52 pages of lyrics, rare photos, and liner notes. As work began on a new record, Lifetime embarked on a brief summer tour with the Bronx and the Loved Ones in tow. The EP 2 Songs appeared that fall and wetted palates for the eventual release of their highly anticipated self-titled record, which picked up exactly where the guys left off upon its release in early February 2007.
