Lifeguard and PARKING
PARKING Pushes the Boundaries of Art Rock with Emotional Power and Sonic Elegance
Louisville, KY – July 2025
Louisville’s rising art rock/punk band PARKING is quickly becoming a name you can’t ignore—on stage, on record, and especially in the hearts of those who crave raw authenticity mixed with sonic experimentation.
Currently on tour with fellow boundary-pushers Lifeguard, PARKING is riding high on the release of their new album Portraits, a project that feels both meticulously composed and ferociously alive. The band—bassist and vocalist Lizzie Cooper, drummer and vocalist T, and guitarist Boss Benson—has carved a lane that's steeped in punk and noise tradition, but is entirely their own.
From Louisville basement shows to packed crowds at Thalia Hall in Chicago, PARKING is turning heads. At their recent performance at Third Man Records’ Blue Room in Nashville, the trio stunned a room full of seasoned listeners with a set that balanced jagged post-punk riffs and stark orchestral beauty.
“Elegant chaos” might be the only way to describe the experience. One moment, Cooper’s vocals float with soft vulnerability; the next, T’s channeling something closer to Ian Curtis, delivering spoken-word monologues that cut through the noise like a knife. It’s a style that’s become PARKING’s signature: not imitation, but invocation—of the spirit of punk, the openness of art rock, and the urgency of now.
Live, PARKING is a masterclass in tension and release. They toy with tempo, teasing the crowd into a slow sway before snapping into a frenzied burst of rhythm. Drummer T is the backbone of this chaos—a jazz-trained storm of precision and improvisation, blurring beats into a euphoric haze. At their most explosive, the trio seems to lose control—but it's illusion. Every dissonant swell, every dynamic shift, is intentional, and it’s this sense of experimental mastery that sets them apart.
