Lambchop - Showtunes

Released 21st May 2021.

SK says: 'Strikes the sweet spot between the bubblingelectronics and vocoder of 'FLOTUS' and the stately, orchestrated alt-country the Nashville outfit perfected across their earlier albums.'

Kurt Wagner's signature brittle baritone is back, but that doesn't mean we're going to get a nostalgic Alt Countryalbum. Showtunes is a continuation of Lambchop's explorations of new sound worlds and opens up another chapter. Each track is anexciting journey with an uncertain destination.

With Showtunes, as he has done so many times throughout his varied and fascinating career, Kurt in late 2019 was experimentingwith something new. He took simple guitar tracks and converted them into midi piano tracks. It was a revelation that from thoseconversions he was able to manipulate each note and add, subtract, arrange the chords and melody into a form that didn't have anyof the limitations he had with hi