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LambchopMr. M79 Based on 15 reviews 2012 Ranking: #36 / 227
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REVIEWS
It’s unified and purposeful, combining what Lambchop already knows how to do with some tricks the band hasn’t really attempted before.
Mr. M will stand as one of Lambchop’s finest, most cohesive, and easiest straight-through listens yet, despite its intermediate tendencies.
Mr. M sounds aware of itself as an argument-- an argument for the kind of patience the music on it demands.
With this release, Wagner has proven that he can still write songs which both move and inspire.
It manages to sound familiar while sounding entirely new, all the while making it clear that this is a sound only Lambchop could create.
There is a lot of sadness on the album. At their core these are songs of isolation, desperation and the distance between people.
This isn’t an album that’s likely to change anything, but nor does it deserve to just pass by unnoticed
Mr. M is the band at its best—lush is the word, and frustratingly effortless, and yet so grounded by lead oddball Kurt Wagner's creaking voice and timeless themes
These 11 songs, inspired by the recent death of Wagner’s friend, alt-country hero Vic Chestnutt, are melancholic, slow and seriously sad.
Mr. M does not represent a step forward for Lambchop. In fact, if anything, it’s a step backwards.
Video: Lambchop - "2B2"
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RATINGS
| 91 | A.V. Club [src ] |
| 90 | Consequence of Sound [src] |
| 83 | Pitchfork [src] |
| 81 | Coke Machine Glow [src] |
| 81 | Paste [src] |
| 80 | AllMusic [src] |
| 80 | Beats Per Minute [src] |
| 80 | PopMatters [src] |
| 80 | Spin [src] |
| 80 | The 405 [src] |
| 70 | musicOMH [src] |
| 70 | NME [src] |
| 70 | Under The Radar [src] |
| 50 | Drowned in Sound [src] |
| 50 | No Ripcord [src] |
- If Not I'll Just Die
- 2B2
- Gone Tomorrow
- Mr. Met
- Gar
- Nice Without Mercy
- Buttons
- The Good Life (is Wasted)
- Kind Of
- Betty's Overture
- Never My Love
