Lamb

which are worth tracking down?

the Kruder and Dorfmeister remix of 'Trans Fatty Acid'

the Global Communication remix of 'Gorecki'

the Dillinja remix of 808 State ft Louise Rhodes 'Azura'

Also, the Lamb versions of "X-Fatty Acid" and "Gorecki" totally pwn the remixes.

"Gabriel" is a track I should have nominated for that '00s poll. The whole What Sound album is one that pwns for the most part, and the title track would become a standard in several musical genres if done correctly.

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EXCITING NEWS!!

The band have recently announced a series of summer festival performances in the UK and Europe this summer 2009.

Current dates are:

May 24th - Istanbul Chill Out Festival, Turkey

June 20th - Sofia Park Live Festival, Bulgaria

June 26th - Glastonbury Festival, UK (Jazz Stage)

June 27th - Jazz:Re:Found Festival, Italy

July 3rd - Sopron Volt Festival, Hungary

July 12th - Cactus Festival, Belgium

July 16th - Marés Vivas Festival, Portugal

July 18th - Pohoda Festival, Slovakia

July 31st - Raw Rhythm Festival, Amsterdam

August 7th - Big Chill Festival, UK (Castle Stage)

August 15th - Feest In Het Park, Belgium

August 23rd - Beautiful Days Festival, UK

August 28th - Scene Festival, Hungary

September 4th - Electric Picnic, Ireland

And, performing under the pseudonym Baby Sheep, the band have also announced an intimate live show at the Concorde2 in Brighton on May 22. The show (their first, and possibly only, club show for 4 years) is a warm up show for the festival performances. As well as playing new arrangements of classic songs including Gorecki, Gabriel, Lusty & Trans Fatty Acid the show will incorporate experimental new projections and lights. The band have ensured ticket prices are low to give everyone value for money, so if you'd like to experience their full new show in an intimate environment, be quick and get your tickets from the links below...

Ticket Web

We Got Tickets

See Tickets

Both Lou and Andy are nearing completion on their new solo albums... Further information on both can be found on:-

www.andybarlow.net/

www.lourhodes.com/

www.myspace.com/lourhodes

And - finally - we're preparing to release a live LAMB album and DVD containing footage from the band's 2004 show at the Paradiso Club in Amsterdam, together with exclusive interviews with Andy & Lou.. The album and DVD will be available from September 2009... More information will be posted at:

Lamb's Official Facebook

Lamb's Official MySpace

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Lamb love...

Was thinking about them the other day. That first album is still tops.

Christ, I had totally forgotten this band ever existed! I think I still have their first album lying around somewhere, but I haven't listened to it in years. From what I remember the singer was quite good, but the beats were a rather bland appropriation of the drum & bass of that era. The Kruder & Dorfmeister remix of "Trans Fatty Acid" that appeared on K & D Sessions was better than anything on the actual album.

I think Nicolette managed to pull off the same trick (trip hoppy vocals with harsher/faster beats than in trip hop) much better on Let No One Live Rent-Free in Your Head, which came out around the same time. Maybe that's because she was working with better producers, like 4 Hero and Plaid?

I don't know that I would ever use the word "bland" to describe "Cotton Wool".

I just looked up the CD and it's playing in my stereo right now, this actually sounds better than what I remembered. It's still not as good as the Nicolette album, and the K & D remix of "Trans Fatty Acid" is still better than the original, but the album sounds better than what I remembered. Maybe I was too young to get it back in the 90s?

The singer sounds kinda like Björk, doesn't she? I remember when I first played that K & D remix to a friend, she asked me if it was a new Björk song.

I think the production on the first two records are pretty good. Agree that the vocals are kind of breathy approximation of Bjork meets Beth Gibbons, but I don't really have a problem with that.

Alex, that description of the vocals nails it; I was trying to figure out a way of articulating how the Björk comparison didn't quite work and it's because of the Beth Gibbons component.

I never actually heard the Nicolette album so I'm not going to comment on that; I do think the first two Lamb albums before Lou went into breathy unsupported la-la land are really, really fantastic. (The other two are just okay for me, dawg.)

Also, Lamb live in concert is one of my favorite shows of all time, particularly the version of "Ear Parcel" they did.

Nicolette's 'Dove Song' is what i would've liked Lamb to aim more for altho they came close enough at times. still like 'Ear Parcel' and 'God Bless' ('Gorecki' less so since it was used in Torchwood ha).

I really, really love the awkward stutter-stompy stuff they did, like "Lusty" and "Cotton Wool".

:-D

DanTM

Still, kinda resent it when bands return to the stage after making such a dramatic point of a departure from it.

Was in attendance for what was supposed to be Lamb's final Glastonbury set in the Avalon tent and got quite choked up i did.

lol at some of the points where she falls out of the key on that Youtube video, but still it is awesome

I like that Nicolette record btw, but it sort of feels a bit too many hands in the cookie jar kinda produced to me (much like Post) whereas the esp. first Lamb album feels like a more coherent whole.

"Wicked Mathematics" is A++, obv

First Nicolette album OTOH is completely awesome.

I saw them in NYC (Mercury Lounge, I think) supporting Fear of Fours. They were terrific. Didn't much like the last couple of albums, though.

Any opinions on the new album?

New album? Didn't know they were back as a going concern. I'm interested to hear it, even if they did go out on a bit of a dull note. The first three records are great.

http://open.spotify.com/album/0nT1jIOBeOteLWKWzf4Aw2

playing this now, it's really, really GREAT

It really is.

it is so great to hear Lou have a voice again

http://open.spotify.com/track/7DH7BPebIo33EwETjrORll

holy hell this song

is the guy still hott as hell? damn he was fiiiine.

http://lambofficial.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/koko1-348x1024.jpg

they are both still ridiculously good looking

so true.

was always partial to the si begg (buckfunk 3000's) mix of gabriel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfJYttI8-xA

http://media.onsugar.com/files/ons/257/2570811/49_2008/f4/lamb.jpg

Yep, really good looking.

"Butterfly Effect" ranks among my favorite songs of theirs, just so slinky and hot

sinuous, smoldering sex appeal writing on cool linen sheets, enticing you closer while demanding you stay in the corner

imperious and longing and shameful and penetrating and intimate, all tied together with a gentle stutterstep beat

;_; more ppl should be freaking out over this album IMO

ain't that the truth.

I thought they broke up!!!

hoped this thread was about the xian folk-rock band tbh

I know that "Butterfly Effect" is getting the love, but whoa @ "Build A Fire."

"Rounds" too!!

New single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIxtsiON7dg

Backspace Rewind out 13 October 2014.

Nice!

Anyone heard the new album yet? I go back to the last album a lot. Hope this one is as good.

K&D mix has none of the soured, paranoid stank of the original, so I'll hold with the original.

I really, really love the awkward stutter-stompy stuff they did, like "Lusty" and "Cotton Wool".

― admiral tub-a-lub (HI DERE), Monday, May 11, 2009 6:47 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^ this, This, THIS!

The "awkward stutter-stompy" stuff and their use of meters other than 4/4 is a big part of the appeal of Lamb for me, although I love their more floatier, more "beautiful" tracks too. But man, those awkward beats.

Come to think of it, Lamb and Laika were both equally predisposed toward odd time signatures. "Fear of Fours" indeed.

'Lusty' is 101% fucking amazing.

I love how Fear of Fours tried to actually avoid having a track 4 by using 7 seconds of the outro of 'B Line' (track 3) to make up track 4 on the CD, so the next song proper starts on track 5.

Heh that's pretty good.

The middle part of 'Cotton Wool' where Lou sings in harmony with herself, before the thundering fucked-up beats kick back in = wonderful.

A claim to fame, I helped with the sound effects on the B-Line video years back and got to hang out with them for a day, they were lovely people.

Really!? Nice one!

I think I only saw two Lamb videos on TV back in the '90s, 'B-Line' was one of 'em and 'Cotton Wool' was the other, both once each. 'B-Line' was definitely the better of the two!

I just went to look it up on Youtube and it's not there, which suprised me, but then I found a fairly scuzzy version on Vimeo

Yeah, I just did the same!

My SFX in pop videos hall of fame.

Lamb - B Line
Deus - Instant St
The Bluetones - Autophilia (for which I managed to sneak my mates band coming from a car stereo at the beginning iirc)
Gorillaz - Dere

"5" is so good.

suddenly had an urge to play In Binary and this album still rules

"Doves and Ravens" is a thing of beauty!

I COULD WRAAAAP YOU UUUUUP IN COOOOTOON WOOOOOOOOL!

*amazing stuttery fucked up beats*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Mb5ya7wOE

fuck yes

Ended up on yet another Lamb kick yesterday after reading that Barlow apparently did some work on the new U2 LP?

like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdu1sdFOtiE

Hmm, I dunno. Might grow on me. Crusty video is a bit distracting. I do love that Lamb, after disappearing for some time, returned ever engaged and ambitious.

So Barlow did produce several tracks on the most recent U2 (the only one I've never heard)? Are they any good?