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,…
After the ambitious sweep of releasing two full albums on a single day in 2004 and creating a collaborative electronic EP with Hands Off Cuba while assembling a collection of singles and rarities in 2005, one can hardly blame Kurt Wagner and his partners in Lambchop for wanting to take on a less challenging project for the group's ninth album proper.
<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.