Lambchop - OH (ohio)

Reviews of OH (ohio)

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n/a by www.ew.com Chief Lambchopper Kurt Wagner's magpie tendencies are fully displayed on the band's lovely 10th proper album. Read more
n/a by Popmatters OH (ohio) is flat-out one of the best records Lambchop has made, and certainly their best since 2000s classic Nixon. Read more
n/a by www.lostatsea.net With OH (ohio), Wagner has crafted a soundtrack of specific detail for that lazy mid-morning melancholy that comes to anyone who feels like the world is turning without them. Enjoy it. Read more
n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com As ever, Wagner's narratives, such as on 'National Talk Like A Pirate Day,' are impressionistic, shifting time and perspectives, like the Norman Raeburn-influenced Dylan of 'Blood On The Tracks.' Read more
n/a by www.boston.com His dry, enunciative singing style still achieve a remarkable combination of pretension and playfulness. Lambchop may be evolving, but its capacity for sounding like nothing else remains intact. Read more
n/a by Billboard While the upbeat Lambchop records of the past are missed, OH (ohio) is a well-paced and engaging trip through Wagner's lush, scenic tunes. Read more
n/a by www.uncut.co.uk Their tenth LP OH (ohio) lands with some nervous expectation attached. As it turns out, its their best record since 2000 landmark, Nixon. Read more
n/a by www.dustedmagazine.com Taken as a whole, however, OH consists of more stellar stuff from a band thats always taken the tortoises view of the race. Read more
n/a by www.blender.com OH (Ohio) ends with a straight-faced rendition of the hokey country standard 'I Believe in You,' with lyrical mush about dogs and babies, but Wagner sings it like he wants to believe every word. Read more
n/a by www.avclub.com OH (ohio) gets the sophistication and tone right, but something's slightly off. Read more
n/a by www.guardian.co.uk OH (Ohio), typically for the Lambchop, is at its best when it's specialising in tight-wound reserve. Read more
n/a by www.nowtoronto.com The Nashville bands ninth studio album is definitely sleepy and nuanced, only Wagners halted singing is disintegrating further into the background as the overall sound inches closer to adult contemporary. Read more
n/a by Pitchfork Media Consider OH the most Lambchop of Lambchop releases, as it swings through almost every tone in the band's history of influence-collisions, arriving at a soul of its own. Read more
n/a by www.tinymixtapes.com That is part of Lambchops charm--irony might be the hipster flavor for the time being, but youd be hard-pressed to find less ironic and more modestly beautiful sentiment than on OH (Ohio). Read more
n/a by www.pastemagazine.com Whatever: just
listen to the damn disc. Read more
n/a by www.drownedinsound.com Its restrained combination of new and old, tradition and innovation, sums up the strengths of OH (ohio), an album which isn't another Lambchop masterpiece, but rather a fine addition to an extraordinary body of work. Read more
n/a by www.musicomh.com Give Oh Ohio time--there's more than enough here to breath life back into a resurgent band. Read more