Normal Speed by ness lake

Normal Speed is Ness Lake’s 15th official album. It is the first full band studio album released by the band since “Kicking” in 2018. Ness Lake is the musical project of Chandler Lach, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, and often features a rotating cast of collaborators.

For Normal Speed, Lach combined talents with Marco Aziel (of Kissyourfriends) and Brandon McDole of (Great Expectations). The band wrote and self-recorded the entire album at Arbor Preparatory High School in Ypsilanti, MI from 2019-2025 where Lach and McDole were employed as high school English and Chemistry teachers respectively. The drums were recorded in the chemistry lab, while the guitars were primarily tracked in a classroom being used as storage for extra desks, tables, and defunct shop equipment. Lach continues to teach there to this day.

Tracklist

1.	Fish Tank	5:18

2.	Semicircled	3:05

3.	You Get It All	2:58

4.	Champagne	3:55

5.	Thrift Store Knife Set	3:29

6.	Clear	4:03

7.	Deserving	4:05

8.	Underneath	2:25

9.	Breakfast Bedhead	3:16

Credits

released December 17, 2025

Chandler Lach - guitar, vox, synthesizer
Marco Aziel - bass guitar, backing vox, synthesizer, a bit of everything
Brandon McDole - drums, auxiliary percussion
Tanner Ellis - guitar on tracks five and six, backing vox on track six

Tracked by Marco Aziel, Chandler Lach, and Brandon McDole at Arbor Preparatory High School in Ypsilanti, MI 2019-2025

Produced by Marco Aziel
Mix Engineered by Samuel Uribe-Botero
Album Mastered by Tyler Floyd
Album and single art by Chandler Lach
Art/Physicals design by Leah Wendzinski

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