Lambchop

Oops. They played You Masculine You, not Up With People.

new album a bit of a letdown after that amazing first track

Persist with it, Wimmels. It's definitely a "grower".

I must admit, I'd like it more if it wasn't Lambchop (who I kind of think as a musical accompaniment to alcohol).

Really not sure what to make of this album. I loved the single and there are some lovely moments throughout. It just felt like hard work going through it all in one go.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/27/lambchops-kurt-wagner-i-wanted-to-make-a-record-my-wife-would-like

lol great URL

On first listen, I like the album but "The Hustle" seems to tower over it. I wonder if it won't wind up feeling like a transitional work on the way to greater work that marries these new ingredients to Wagner's strengths a little more consistently.

Some of this is great - "In Care of ...", "JFK", "The Writer", "The Hustle". Much of the rest seems frustratingly out of reach to me ...

I didn't listen to any of the preview songs as I like to absorb their albums as a whole. So I was surprised by all the vocal processing and I can't get past it. Drives me absolutely nuts. I think there are good songs here but I don't know if I'll find a way into them. I like all the other glitchy electronic touches and beats - kind of reminds me of The Notwist at points - but the vocal effects turn me off as much here as they do everywhere else.

Kurt put a CD together for the latest Uncut. Lots of good stuff but damn the final Tom House track just near made me buckle at the knees.

Binging hard on Lambchop the last week or two. I don't know why, but I find them immensely binge-able. I worked through all their albums about a decade ago and couldn't stop myself from listening to almost everything on repeat. I burned myself out pretty well, which seems like it should be easy, but I'm really enjoying myself right now. FLOTUS is holding up well on repeat listens, and I'm really enjoying the Aw C'mon/No, You C'mon duo right now.

i love this record so far but i get it feeling inaccessible. i guess i also miss being sort of able to understand kurt wagner lol

"relatives #2" is prob my favorite song that is not the opener, the way it evolves from this cut-up collagist thing into a brief relaxed disco jam

I've listened to the new album twice today and it's so, so good.

Much as I love the new album, I'd also be quite pleased if they released an un-processed vocal/"typical" Lambchop version. I realise this is kind of harsh/conservative.

My copy arrived today, have listened twice (though was in the kitchen for most of one of those times) and really like it so far. Relaxed and unhurried. 'The Hustle' is wonderful.

Kurt did a solo in-store tonight; he has this clever little box which does the auto tune stuff in real time as he sings; I wasn't expecting that, for whatever reason (I don't pay much attention to music tech), and he was really, really good.

The more I listen to the new LP the more I like it.

I'm really enjoying it, too. It feels the most thematically and sonically 'complete' since Is A Woman. (It's also just dawned on me that that title isn't a rhetorical question.)

Live session here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0812zyr

Think it started at 2:09.

I'm on a bit of a roll tonight. Haven't paid much attention to new musical releases in the past couple of months. Listening to this album now. I'm at "Howe" at the moment, hoping it gets a little better, melody-wise. The first song was classic. The rest is just OK so far.

I'm totally down that this may be a grower.

But previous Lambchop albums didn't need that pre-designation for me.

Slightly annoyed in not understanding Wagner's lyrics. Musical arrangements haven't been that interesting to sustain me, so far.

http://www.spin.com/2017/01/new-music-lambchop-when-you-were-mine-prince-cover/
very loose prince cover

i listened to the new album in the car on the german autobahn when the night fell. really great songs even the voice treatment didn't turn me off. the whole thing is very relaxed and quite rhythmic.

i saw them live a couple of weeks ago and had no idea that the drummer was dude from wye oak. the show, like the album, was pretty but fairly dull.

I heard a rumor that I'm sad
Or at least that I feel bad
Whoever said that doesn't know
I'm pretty sure that I don't know

(From the other thread) There's a new version of "The Hustle"???

on spotify anyway

what the fuck is this? everyone please go back to the lambchop thread that i bumped.

untrue thread

He can't sing any better on the other thread though

thread of truth

I feel some guilt for hoping ... that someone stamps on his gadget.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6KXGuLQ9yw&feature=youtu.be

damaged is the best lambchop album

Didn't work. Maybe just search for "LAMBCHOP LIVE @ OCB PAPER SESSIONS! [FULL SESSION]".

new one This (is what I wanted to tell you) out 03/22. First single keeps going down the electro country R&B rabbit hole.

delighted that they're pushing further in this direction, new song is lovely

Sigh. Bye, Lambchop. This direction sucks.

the two genders

yayyy

i wanted another record in the flotus mold with slighter tighter songs and.. seems like that's happening

slightly* lol

also this is like as gorgeous and slow-blooming as any classic lambchop song, it just has vocoder and synthetic percussion and weird keyboard-present embellishments so it feels like a watery dream instead of a gradual ache

preset* doing great today

the vocoder feels a little better-integrated here, also

put me on the "i don't like this version of lambchop" list. saw them live on the flotus tour and it was pretty boring. i don't mind the sonic experimentation but the songs don't seem to be there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8NxdNERUGc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPERKl54QBY

oh i LOVE this one