Overview
- Lambchop, which announced the 12-track LP Wednesday, set an August 21 release and issued the lead single “Weakened.”
- Kurt Wagner recorded at Justin Vernon’s April Base in Wisconsin with Ryan Olson producing and Andrew Broder co-writing.
- The sound centers on banjo and a six-part choir with almost no drums, drawing on lined-out gospel, an old Scottish-to-Appalachian call-and-response style.
- The only percussion appears as castanets on “Weakened,” underscoring the album’s sparse, voice-forward approach.
- The album arrives via Merge in North America and City Slang elsewhere, with tour stops set for a Minneapolis residency, Chicago, Brooklyn, and a wider European run.