Damaged
Kurt Wagner's shapeshifting group offers its 10th album, this one featuring the contributions and influence of Nashville-based laptop group Hands Off Cuba.
Even in the mid-'90s, when "alt-country" was a buzzword, Lambchop was never easy to categorize. While others looked to honky-tonk heroes for inspiration, Kurt Wagner's band drew from the heavily orchestrated countrypolitan sounds popularized by singers like Jim Reeves and producers like Billy Sherrill. It wasn't cool,…
<p>The spectre of mortality works its usual wonders as the Nashville outfit turn out their finest album yet, reckons <strong>Garry Mulholland</strong>.</p>
Lambchop's latest, their ninth, studio album emerges from one of the darkest periods in their enigmatic career.