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Lambchop Announce New Album Punching The Clown and Share Lead Single
Lambchop announced a new album, Punching The Clown, due Aug. 21 via Peak Vinyl/Merge and City Slang. The record was recorded at Justin Vernon’s April Base with Andrew Broder and producer Ryan Olson. Lead single Weakened features Vernon on banjo and a children’s choir.
Lambchop, the Nashville project led by Kurt Wagner, announced a new album today. Punching The Clown is due August 21 via Peak Vinyl/Merge in North America and City Slang internationally. The announcement arrives with a lead single, Weakened.
The record was tracked at Justin Vernon’s April Base studio in Wisconsin. Andrew Broder of Fog co-wrote and recorded with Wagner. Ryan Olson is credited as producer. Justin Vernon contributes banjo on Weakened. The single also features a children’s choir.
About the single: Weakened is a sparse song written by Wagner and Broder. Vocally it pairs Wagner’s idiosyncratic delivery with layered choral voices. The lyrics read as a first-person meditation on the vulnerable and isolated.
“in early 2024 i heard a song on the radio on my way to get some gas. just a minimal single chord strummed banjo and a small group of voices.”
Wagner has cited lined-out singing, an a cappella call-and-response tradition with roots in Scotland and Appalachia, as an influence on the record’s aesthetic.
Tracklist
- Just West Of Nicollet
- A Doctor In The House
- Weakened
- Stella
- Punching The Clown
- White People
- The New World Wave
- Andrew Jackson Ass Hat
- Afterburner
- Cigar
- To Do
- No Chicago
Tour dates
- 6/28 – Minneapolis, MN @ Crooners Supper Club
- 8/30 – Minneapolis, MN @ Crooners Supper Club
- 9/27 – Minneapolis, MN @ Crooners Supper Club
- 9/29 – Chicago, IL @ Maurer Hall at The Old Town School of Music
- 10/01-02 – Brooklyn, NY @ Public Records
- 11/18 – Viseu, Portugal @ Teatro Viriato
- 11/19 – Lisbon, Portugal @ Culturgest
- 11/21 – Braga, Portugal @ Theatro Circo
- 11/22 – Espinho, Portugal @ Auditório de Espinho
- 11/24 – Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall
- 11/25 – Sheffield, UK @ Octagon
- 11/26 – Gateshead, UK @ Sage 2
- 11/27-28 – London, UK @ Union Chapel
- 12/01 – Dudelange, Luxembourg @ Opderschmelz
- 12/02 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Arenberg
- 12/03 – Roeselare, Belgium @ De Spil
- 2/07 – Oslo, Norway @ Konserthus
- 2/09 – Trondheim, Norway @ Byscenen
- 2/11 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ DR Koncerthuset
- 2/12 – Hamburg, Germany @ Christianskirche
- 2/13 – Berlin, Germany @ Passionkirche
- 2/14 – Erlangen, Germany @ Markgrafentheater
- 2/16 – Vienna, Austria @ Theater Akzent
- 2/17 – Budapest, Hungary @ House Of Music
- 2/19 – Glasgow, UK @ St Lukes
- 2/20 – Galway, Ireland @ St Nicholas’ Church
- 2/21 – Dublin, Ireland @ The Helix
Punching The Clown follows Lambchop’s 2022 album The Bible. Pre-orders are available through the labels’ outlets.
