With the band's second album, they perfect the sound introduced on their impressive 1994 debut I HOPE YOU'RE SITTING DOWN. The Lambchop sound is at once self-mocking and quietly intense, achieving the sort of dichotomy usually reserved for Leonard Cohen records. Lambchop had yet to incorporate the funky R&B influences that would come to the fore on THRILLER and WHAT ANOTHER MAN SPILLS. HOW I QUIT SMOKING is a more sedate affair, filled with hushed vocals, shimmering, reverb-drenched guitar and elegant stri...   [ read more ]

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Nashville's Lambchop have been making alt-country, neo-soul, indie-rock records for over ten years now. "Aw Cmon," their eighth release and follow-up to 2002's "Is A Woman," contains lush instrumentals, rousing rave-ups, and thoughtful ballads. This record is being simultaneously released with its companion, "No You Cmon." Props to the band for ingenius album naming.

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