In 2018, Lever was awarded "Best Rock Entertainer" at the 37th Annual Chicago Music Awards, and in 2017, Lever was voted "Best Rock Band" by the Chicago Reader's Poll. Alongside their full-length Hover Bored (2015) and their EP Ms. Lead (2017), Lever released their second full-length album, Douse on May 10, 2019.
Lever has shared the stage with national touring acts, such as Night Ranger, RED, Radkey, The Dead Deads, Summer Cannibals, Diarrhea Planet, Doll Skin, Saving Abel, City of the Weak, Stitched Up Heart, Darling Parade, and The Composure.
In 2020, Alternative Press named Lever as one of the "10 alternative bands who are keeping ’90s music modern."
https://www.altpress.com/features/alternative-bands-modernizing-the-90s/