Robert Lowe AKA Lichens plays bass and sings in 90 Day Men. 90 Day Men have released three albums and several EPs, rapidly developing from an angular, harsh post-punk band into their current expansive, near-progressive swirl of guitars, keyboards and vocals. He has also collaborated on tour with Castanets.
Lichens is Lowe's personal vehicle, created for performance and recording solo and with collaborators. Lichens live is a transfixing experience, looping wordless vocals into curtains of ghostly drone. He adds acoustic and electric guitars, percussion and other effects to create alternately thick and delicate works.
He has contributed a track under his Lichens alias to the 'One Bright Sunny Day' compilation CD, the debut release from the Chicago-based IC Recordings label. His first full-length release 'The Psychic Nature of Being' was released on CD by Kranky in 2005 (and on vinyl by the estimable folk/psych/heavy imprint Holy Mountain), this was followed by a Chocolate Industries limited edition 7 inch single, packaged inside a book of art Lowe curated with contributions by Jon Beasley, Justin Schaeffer, Devendra Banhart among others.