This note provides new criteria on a unimodular group G and a discrete series representation $$(\pi , \mathcal {H}_{\pi })$$
(
π
,
H
π
)
of formal degree $$d_{\pi } > 0$$
d
π
>
0
under which any lattice $$\Gamma \le G$$
Γ
≤
G
with $${{\,\mathrm{vol}\,}}(G/\Gamma ) d_{\pi } \le 1$$
vol
(
G
/
Γ
)
d
π
≤
1
(resp. $${{\,\mathrm{vol}\,}}(G/\Gamma ) d_{\pi } \ge 1$$
vol
(
G
/
Γ
)
d
π
≥
1
) admits $$g \in \mathcal {H}_{\pi }$$
g
∈
H
π
such that $$\pi (\Gamma ) g$$
π
(
Γ
)
g
is a frame (resp. Riesz sequence). The results apply to all projective discrete series of exponential Lie groups.