Lambchop Lies Down on Broadway with ‘Showtunes’
If the stereotype about show tunes is that they are boldly performed and exciting, Lambchop stand the tropes on their head with Showtunes.
If the stereotype about show tunes is that they are boldly performed and exciting, Lambchop stand the tropes on their head with Showtunes.
The frontman of "the most fucked-up country band in Nashville" returns Lambchop to their roots on TRIP. Each group member picked a classic song and was bandleader for a day, resulting in a record that reveals Lambchop's core influences in striking new light.
Lambchop's new album is the musical equivalent of that final "walk" monologue from Synecdoche, New York. It's a heavy listen, but potentially a rapturous one as well, for anyone who has ever experienced a reverie of aging and all it entails.