Dan Lardner, singer and guitarist for QTY, has died.

Information of the musician’s dying was shared on The Lemonheads‘ Fb web page this week with the caption: “Life is brief and unforgiving.

“RIP Dan Lardner, we’ll endlessly love you.”

The information was accompanied by a photograph of Lardner hugging The Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando.

The QTY musician was Dando’s visitor of honour when the latter opened for Psychedelic Furs on their current US tour.

No additional particulars about the reason for dying have been shared.

Lardner carried out guitar and vocals in indie rock band QTY, alongside Alex Niemetz (guitar/vocals), Peter Baumann (bass), and Alan Yuch (drums).

The New York group began in 2014 and signed to Soiled Hit Data, releasing their self-titled debut album in 2017, produced by former Suede member Bernard Butler.

In 2017, NME described QTY as “New York’s most fun new band”, earlier than they have been featured on the NME 100 listing in 2018, describing their sound as “guitar-pop at its most catchy” that “follows within the lengthy line of bands from New York who sound oh so very very like they’re from New York”.

“There was some extent within the studio the place Alex and I wished to mess around a bit and Bernard instructed us we knew what we wished to do with the songs – which we did, we knew what we wished to do with them earlier than we bought into the studio – so we didn’t have to [do that],” Dan instructed NME again in 2017. “There was a time for us to try this, however he instructed us to not overthink issues a lot.”

He added that he “wished to make a second [album] now”.

The musician additionally opened up about his technique of crafting relatable lyrics, sharing: “I keep in mind having conversations with folks after I was younger like, ‘Bowie ought to get extra credit score for his lyrics’, and everybody telling me that’s not what he’s identified for.

“I actually love Bowie, however that’s by no means going to be me.”

Talking in a 2023 interview with Rock Cabeça concerning the tour with Dando, Lardner mentioned: “The tour goes fairly rattling effectively, I used to be a final minute addition and haven’t performed reside a lot since my final band stopped touring so it’s all slowly form of coming again to me and there couldn’t be a greater particular person for me to get again into it with then Evan.

“He’s all the time been actually supportive of my music and I believe we’re mutual followers of 1 and different so it’s a bit of little bit of a dream state of affairs for me personally. The truth that the reveals have been going so effectively is simply an added bonus.”