Underpinned by a beautiful, plaintive acoustic arpeggio with cello and weeping violins merging gracefully in to the mix, and dancing piano chords punctuating the air, the evocative and stunning opener 'Paperback Bible' sets the tone for a generally quieter Lambchop affair.   Full text...

Damaged may burn a little on the way down, but it's good to the last drop.   Full text...

Are they a country band playing alt.rock or an alt.rock band playing country? These questions are pointless. They are simply and sublimely Lambchop, and we are lucky to have them.  Full text...

One of the records of the year.  Full text...

Lambchop are one of only a handful of genuinely affecting outfits whose quality control never malfunctions, and Damaged, the Nashville collective’s eighth album, rises to the same dizzying heights achieved by their last few long-players.  Full text...

One of America's most unique and cherishable talents.  Full text...

The comforts of the arrangements, in which William Tyler's twinkling guitar parts provide most of the significant detailing, ensure that Damaged is never less than agreeable. However, the overall similarity of tone and texture tends to blur the focus, as songs blend into one another via the ambient entractes created from sampled track fragments by Ryan Norris and Scott Martin.  Full text...