We certainly never imagined Kurt Wagner and his family releasing a collection of covers of George Jones, Hank Williams and Johnny Cash. The album is divided between songs that keep a foot in the usual style of the group and those where hypnosis touches lethargy. A third category of slow-burning titles, with power enhanced by listening, will make the difference.

Lambchop, originally Posterchild, is an American band from Nashville, Tennessee. Initially formed as a three piece in 1986 with Kurt Wagner, bassist Marc Trivillion and guitarist Jim Watkins with the name Posterchild. They released some low-fi bedroom recordings on cassette such as I’m Fucking Your Daughter. In 1992 they released a split 7” with Crop Circle Hoax which got the attention of entertainment lawyer George Regis, who sued on behalf of the similarly named band Poster Children. After trying a few different names they settled on Lambchop and signed to Merge Records in 1993 releasing their debut single Nine that year.

Never a band with a "core" lineup, Lambchop has consisted of a large and fluid collective of musicians focused around its creative centre, frontman Kurt Wagner. Lambchop is loosely associated with the alternative country genre. Initially indebted to traditional country, the music has subsequently moved through a range of influences including post-rock, soul and lounge music.

Whatever the style, the characteristic mood of Lambchop's music is evoked by Wagner's distinctive songwriting: lyrically subtle and ambiguous, the vocals melodic but understated. American Songwriter described Wagner's lyrics as "witty and deeply insightful."

Cast: Kurt Wagner (Voice, Guitar), Tony Crow (Piano), Matt Swanson (Bass), Andy Stack (Drums)