[2012-02-21] Lambchop "Mr. M" (Merge)

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2011 11:36 pm

Product Description
It's been nearly two decades since Lambchop released its first album, at the time pronouncing itself "Nashville's most f***ed-up country band." Provocative it may have been, but the description made sense: at the heart of all that ruckus was a band at once defying and embracing the musical legacy of its hometown. Since then, Lambchop has evolved into an accomplished ensemble, adding palpable depth and substance to singer-songwriter-guitarist Kurt Wagner's songs and the band sounds as commanding as ever on its 11th album, Mr. M, a collection of meditations on love and loss and the detritus of everyday existence.

1. If Not I'll Just Die
2. 2B2
3. Gone Tomorrow
4. Mr. Met
5. Gar
6. Nice Without Mercy
7. Buttons
8. The Good Life (Is Wasted)
9. Kind Of
10. Betty's Overture
11. Never My Love

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006H99HDY/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2011 11:37 pm

Quote:

Lambchop announce new album and UK tour

Alt.country icons Lambchop are to release a new album , ‘Mr M’, on February 20, 2012.

Their 11th studio album was recorded in Nashville at producer Mark Nevers’ Beech House studio and is dedicated to singer Kurt Wagner’s late friend and collaborator, the singer songwriter Vic Chesnutt, who died in 2009.

According to Wagner, Nevers’ idea for the album was to give it a “‘psycha-Sinatra’ sound”. He continues: “It was a studio creation, not a type of recording based on band performance, and this was a radical approach for us. I felt Lambchop had one more good record in us, and this time I was going to do things as directly and true to my desires as possible.”

Kurt Wagner and co. will follow up the release with a handful of UK tour dates, starting at London Barbican on March 1 before finishing up at Bristol Fleece on March 7.

Lambchop play:

London Barbican (March 1)
Gateshead Sage (4)
Glasgow Oran Mor (5)
Manchester Cathedral (6)
Bristol Fleece (7)

The ‘Mr M’ tracklisting is:

‘If Not I'll Just Die’
‘2B2’
‘Gone Tomorrow’
‘Mr. Met’
‘Gar’
‘Nice Without Mercy’
‘Buttons’
‘The Good Life (is wasted)’
‘Kind Of’
‘Betty's Overture’
‘Never My Love’

http://www.nme.com/news/lambchop/60463

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Looking forward to hearing this. Recently I received the UK Deluxe Edition of Nixon. One of my faves from the turn of the century. Glad to see them recording new stuff.

Oreb · **Joined:** 11 Nov 2011 **Posts:** 2

Very nice news, but Lambchop are no more "alt country" than Wilco. Do old labels never die?

Oh, this is my first post here, by the way.

Hello.

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:06 pm

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:13 pm

For vinyl collectors, the Mr. M album has been released as a 2-LP set with 4 bonus tracks:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006H99HG6/?tag=imwan-20

[2012-02-21] Lambchop "Mr. M" (Merge)

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