Lambchop - Nixon. CD. (City Slang - 724384890629) Classic 2000 album from Kurt Wagner's Nashville collective. A great mix of alt-country/Americana, Soul, Gospel and Scott Walker-like chamber pop complete with lush orchestrations. Includes "Nashville Parent", "The Petrified Florist" and the uplifting classic "Up With People".

Lambchop - Is A Woman. CD. (City Slang - 201902) The bands sixth album, first released in 2002. Continuing on from 2000's Nixon, the group once labelled as a country band are firmly in Soul territory here, though otably the arrangements are much more stripped back than on before. Stripped of the usual backing, Kurt Wagner's vocals are even more vunerable and lonesome than usual. The pace of the record is a little slow (think of a funeral) but with patience, the record subtly explodes after a few listens. A real change in direction for the fourteen piece.

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