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P R E S E N T S .···. ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ ██████▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██████ █████▀ Lambchop - Showtunes ▀█████ ████▀ ▀████ ███▀ ▀███ █▓▓▓▓ ARTiST..[ Lambchop ▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓▓▓ TiTLE...[ Showtunes ▓▓▓▓█ ████ GENRE...[ Alternative CAT#....[ ████ ████ LABEL...[ City Slang ENCODER.[ Lame 3.99.5 ████ ████ YEAR....[ 2021 QUALiTY.[ 160kbps ████ ████ SOURCE..[ WEB MODE....[ Stereo ████ ████ PLAYTIME[ 35:01 REL.DATE[ 05.20.2021 ████ ████ TRACKS..[ 08 RiPPER..[ TEAM OMA ████ ████ SiZE....[ 71,72 MB SUPPLiER[ TEAM OMA ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▄▀▀███▓▄ ▄▓███▀▀▄ ████ ████ ■ ███▓█ .···. T R A C K L i S T .···. █▓███ ■ ████ ████ · ▄▓███▓ ▓███▓▄ · ████ █████ ▄▄▓█▀▀▀│ ▓ ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ ██████▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██████ █████▀ ▀█████ ████▀ ▀████ ███▀ NR. TRACK. TiME. ▀███ █▓▓▓▓ ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ ▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓█ ████ 01 A Chef's Kiss 07:34 ████ ████ 02 Drop C 03:25 ████ ████ 03 Papa Was a Rolling Stone Journalist 02:02 ████ ████ 04 Fuku 07:08 ████ ████ 05 Unknown Man 04:26 ████ ████ 06 Blue Leo 03:06 ████ ████ 07 Impossible Meatballs 03:12 ████ ████ 08 The Last Benedict 04:08 ████ ████ ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ ████ ████ TOTAL: 35:01 ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▄▀▀███▓▄ ▄▓███▀▀▄ ████ ████ ■ ███▓█ .···. R E L E A S E N O T E S .···. █▓███ ■ ████ ████ · ▄▓███▓ ▓███▓▄ · ████ █████ ▄▄▓█▀▀▀│ ▓ ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ ██████▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██████ █████▀ ▀█████ ████▀ ▀████ ███▀ ▀███ █▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓█ █▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓█ ████ https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B08XMKSZVP ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ In late 2019, as he has done so many times ████ ████ throughout his varied and fascinating career, ████ ████ Kurt Wagner was experimenting with something ████ ████ new, something that would eventually reveal ████ ████ itself as LambchopÆs Showtunes. By taking ████ ████ simple guitar tracks and converting them into ████ ████ MIDI piano tracks, ôSuddenly I discovered I ████ ████ could æplayÆ the pianoö he says. ôIt was a ████ ████ revelation that from those conversions, I was ████ ████ able to manipulate each note and add, subtract, ████ ████ arrange the chords and melody into a form that ████ ████ didnÆt have any of the limitations I had with ████ ████ my previous methods of writing with a guitar.ö ████ ████ ████ ████ Pre-order Showtunes here! ████ ████ ████ ████ Removing these limitations led to a surprising ████ ████ new sound, something akin to show tunes but ████ ████ with edges sanded down and viewed through ████ ████ KurtÆs own specific lens. ôIn general, itÆs a ████ ████ genre I was none too fond of,ö he admits, ôwith ████ ████ the exceptions of a few Great American ████ ████ Songbookûtype of stuff or some of the works of ████ ████ artists like Tom Waits or early Randy Newman or ████ ████ even Gershwin or Carmichael. IÆd always wanted ████ ████ to make songs with a similar feel, but my ████ ████ skills were limited until now.ö ████ ████ ████ ████ Around the same time, Kurt was preparing for a ████ ████ live show. HeÆd been asked to participate in ████ ████ the Wisconsin-based Eaux Claires summer ████ ████ festival, originally founded by Bon IverÆs ████ ████ Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner of The ████ ████ National. Inspired by the originality of the ████ ████ performances heÆd seen during the 2018 PEOPLE ████ ████ Festival in Berlin and some of the folks heÆd ████ ████ met there, he once again set off in pursuit of ████ ████ something new. With rough ideas already fleshed ████ ████ out alone, along with some input from previous ████ ████ collaborator Twit One, Kurt reached out to Ryan ████ ████ Olsonùbest known for his work with Gayngs and ████ ████ Policaùand Andrew Broder. ôThe idea I had was, ████ ████ by using the show tunes as a starting point, to ████ ████ work with them and others over the next few ████ ████ months and come up with a way to present these ████ ████ songs live at the Eaux Claires Festival in July ████ ████ 2020.ö ████ ████ ████ ████ Needless to say, this show never happened. What ████ ████ it did lead to, though, was something bigger ████ ████ than any single performance: a whole new era ████ ████ for Lambchop. Having initially met in early ████ ████ 2020 and then working remotely from there, ████ ████ Kurt, Olson, and Broder continued to experiment ████ ████ with these ideas, eventually leading to ████ ████ Showtunes. Though the line-up is less familiar ████ ████ than it has been for some time, ôIn hindsight, ████ ████ it made perfect sense,ö Kurt says. ôThe ████ ████ original idea behind Lambchop was: anyone could ████ ████ be part of Lambchop (so long as they behaved ████ ████ themselves). This revolving-door policy is how ████ ████ the band has grown and contracted through our ████ ████ many years.ö This idea is not a surprise to ████ ████ anyone who has followed the band over the ████ ████ years. In fact, itÆs what has always made ████ ████ Lambchop specialùa sense of family and ████ ████ connection that extends beyond any one member ████ ████ at any one time and allows for free expression ████ ████ and experimentation that keeps things as fresh ████ ████ as they have ever been. ████ ████ ████ ████ ôWorking with Ryan and Andrew felt natural. ████ ████ They were able to get what I was doing almost ████ ████ immediately,ö Kurt continues. With Olson ████ ████ enlisting C.J. Camerieri at KurtÆs request, his ████ ████ role largely involved arranging CamerieriÆs ████ ████ horn parts and manipulating them in his own ████ ████ way. Broder meanwhile added a group of three ████ ████ solo piano performances that Kurt edited to ████ ████ blend with his digital MIDI creations, adding ████ ████ the naturalistic sound that gracefully ████ ████ underpins tracks such as ôFukuö that swell ████ ████ confidently skyward. He also added touches here ████ ████ and there, such as the opera singing that ████ ████ floats spectrally in and out of album closer ████ ████ ôThe Last Benedict.ö Kurt also notes that, as ████ ████ is always the case with Lambchop, nothing was ████ ████ fixed. Alongside GRAMMY Awardûwinning co- ████ ████ producer and engineer Jeremy Ferguson, ôBoth ████ ████ Ryan and Andrew have a producerÆs perspective ████ ████ which makes their contribution all the more ████ ████ compatible beyond simple accompaniment.ö ████ ████ ████ ████ ôNow that the door reopened up, I realized that ████ ████ anything is possible given time and space to do ████ ████ it,ö Kurt says. This led to the addition of one ████ ████ more key player, an effortlessly natural fit ████ ████ and one that for many will feel overdue. For ████ ████ the first time, longtime friend and ████ ████ collaborator James McNew of Yo La Tengo joins ████ ████ on upright bass. ôFor as long as IÆve known ████ ████ him, James McNew has been a like-minded artist ████ ████ and one who IÆve dreamed of working with,ö Kurt ████ ████ says. ôThis seemed like the right fit for what ████ ████ he does, and he graciously agreed to be part of ████ ████ this creation. For many years, IÆve longed for ████ ████ what an upright bass could add to our sound. ████ ████ Now with that, this work was complete.ö ████ ████ ████ ████ Lyrics were addedùor indeed omittedùin the ████ ████ songsÆ early initial stages, drawing from the ████ ████ mood of each piece. ôIn some cases, I felt that ████ ████ words werenÆt always necessary,ö Kurt says. ôI ████ ████ was free to let the songs arrangement and title ████ ████ do all the talking.ö KurtÆs voice itself ████ ████ continues its evolution hereùclearer than it ████ ████ was on FLOTUS but still imbued with the lessons ████ ████ learned from that particular era and continuing ████ ████ to grow in its rich, comforting beauty. ████ ████ ████ ████ As for the content of the songs, itÆs tempting ████ ████ to look at everything through the lens of the ████ ████ world we now live in. However, Kurt is quick to ████ ████ point out that these songs were conceived pre- ████ ████ COVID. ôThe words have no connection to the ████ ████ experience we now all share,ö he says. ôI find ████ ████ that to be a strong element in their favor. ████ ████ IÆve yet to reconcile the time I live in ████ ████ currently with something I care to enshrine in ████ ████ song. IÆm searching for a way beyond that but I ████ ████ find it limiting, and I think good music ████ ████ deserves better.ö Instead, this album looks ████ ████ beyond and behind the now. ████ ████ ████ ████ ôOne of the things that holds Lambchop ████ ████ together, what binds us,ö Kurt surmises, ôis ████ ████ that we are friends with similar likes and an ████ ████ appreciation and respect for what each other ████ ████ does. ItÆs what has kept this band evolving ████ ████ through time. Now that the door has reopened, ████ ████ the group has just gotten larger with its ████ ████ members free to come and go, to be a part of ████ ████ the music as the songs and their interest might ████ ████ allow. Just like in the beginning.ö ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ████ ▄▀▀███▓▄ ▄▓███▀▀▄ ████ ████ ■ ███▓█ .···. G R O U P .···. █▓███ ■ ████ ████ · ▄▓███▓ ▓███▓▄ · ████ █████ ▄▄▓█▀▀▀│ ▓ MAiL: [email protected] ▓ │▀▀▀█▓▄▄ █████ █▀ ▀██▓▀ ▀ ▀ ▀▓██▀ ▀█ ██▄██▀ ▀██▄██ ████▀ The only thing that really matters is music!!! ▀████ ▀██▓ ▓██▀ ▀██▓▄ ▄▓██▀ .▀ │ ▀▀██▄▓▄ .···. G R E E T S .···. ▄▓▄██▀▀ │ ▀ . ▄▓▓▄ │ ▀▀▀█▄▄ ▄▄█▀▀▀ │ ▄▓▓▄ . ▀▀ ▀▀▄ FRiENDS / SiTEOPS / NUKENET ▄▀▀ ▀▀ ▀ . ▄ ▄▓▓▄ ▀▄ RIP kHz ▄▀ ▄▓▓▄ ▄ . ▀ ▀ ▀▓▀ ▀▀ ▀ . ▄.···. !kb^faa 08.MARCH 2009 .···.▄ . ▀ ▀▀ ▀▓▀ ▀ .