Showtunes vinyl

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Don't expect too much of yourself, Kurt Wagner. Rather than opting to continue down the country-tinged rock route we have come to expect from the fabled Lambchop, for Showtunes the frontman wanted to set something of a challenge for himself and the group. Namely creating modern day show tunes as though plucked from the Great Broadway Song Book itself. Try not to panic though, the results are more Madame Butterfly than Grease. Sort of.

Perhaps not so much operatic, but instead soundtracking a particularly bleak - or at least realistic - type of musical, not to mention a modern one, we have bass and string oddities, trip hop beauties and even stuff approaching operatics. If all that sounds too much don't be too scared, this is still the same band that you've always thought could do no wrong, and they pull this one off with ease.