I Hope You're Sitting Down/Jack's Tulips - Lambchop

Nixon - Lambchop

Following on from 1995's How I Quit Smoking, Nixon sees Lampchop hit their undoubted creative peek to-date. Continuing with a similar style to its predecessor this release takes the soulful neo-Nashville sound and lifts it up to heights rarely heard in these days of pre-manufactured music. Slipping in discretely through the backdoor, the opener The Old Gold Shoe caresses you tenderly, giving glimpses of the glory which follows it. The rest of the first side continues it melancholic fantastical sound, lush strings and discrete brass backing up the pin point guitar and swooning vocals. The undoubted highpoint is What Else Could It Be. A perfect restrained falsetto ...