Punching The Clown

Description

Lambchop releases a new album that blends choral tradition with modernity. After thirty-three years of career and sixteen albums, Lambchop still manages to surprise. With Punching The Clown, Kurt Wagner creates a record built around an unprecedented formation: vocals, choirs, banjo, and guitar. The album stems from a simple idea that Wagner rediscovered on the radio: lining out, a choral practice from 19th-century British churches. Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) contributes on banjo, while two choirs, led by Blake Morgan, structure the whole. More demanding than ever, Wagner's songwriting continues the legacy of Lambchop's great albums, from Nixon to Is a Woman, including Mr M. Kurt Wagner delivers one of his most accomplished albums here.