Lambchop

Kurt Wagoner adds even more band members to Lambchop but uses most of them sparingly on this airy, piano-based ballad set. The arrangements' light touch don't mask the melancholy of the songs, which are highlighted by the beautiful "The New Cobweb of Summer" and the aching, only-my-dog-can-truly-see masterpiece "My Blue Wave."

Like Babyface, Kurt Wagner of Lambchop has an uncanny knack for constructing quiet
arrangements that feel far more simple and acoustic than they actually are. But Babyface
crafts hits, while Wagner's calling is far stranger: He's a born indie rocker and art-obsessed
Southern fatalist who somehow wound up fronting a Nashville big band. That the Lambchop
assemblage -- a mixture of keyboards, guitar, percussion and a single baritone sa... More >