Lambchop announce a new album for release through City Slang on February 20th 2012 entitled "Mr. M" which will be accompanied by European tour.
Mr M started in a painter's studio in fact. Wagner explains. "As I worked, I was approached by Mark Nevers (former full time band member & producer for the likes of Andrew Bird and Will Oldham) with the idea of making another Lambchop record. He had a concept of a sound and a method that worked with the tone of my writing. His idea was a kind of 'psycha-Sinatra' sound, one that involved the arranging of strings and other sounds in a more open and yet complex way.
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."
For a taster, download album opener, 'If Not I'll Just Die' here:
Lambchop - If Not I'll Just Die by cityslang
Lambchop come to the UK in March 2012, supported by Courtney Tidwell at these dates:
1st March, London, Barbican
3rd March, Dublin, Vicar's Street
4th March, Gateshead, Sage
5th March, Glasgow, Oran Mor
6th March, Manchester, Cathedral
7th March, Bristol, Fleece