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“Lamchop’s music can be comforting, moving, pretty and mystifying, all at once” – PopMatters
The world’s most wonderfully strange band.
Their baseball-capped irreverence is the stuff of legend – their delicate acoustic country sound filled with weird lyrics and weirder arrangements. “A genre of one, [belonging] to no movement, no category, no trend” (Rolling Stone)
The music of Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner appears calm on the surface, but it is as precise as clockwork underneath, complex moving parts adding up to a gentle whole. Seeing them live is like catching up with an old friend. Music to warm the heart, and befuddle the mind.
They’re playing Beijing’s Yugong Yishan on June 17, before playing the last in our Contemporale series, co-presented with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, in Shanghai on June 19.
It’s been nearly two decades since Lambchop released its first album, at the time pronouncing themselves Nashville’s most “twisted” country band. Provocative it may have been, but the description made sense: at the heart of all that ruckus was a band at once defying and embracing the musical legacy of its hometown.
Their watershed fifth album, Nixon, became a bonafide cult classic, and was recently reissued by Merge Records. Nixon was a fork in Lambchop’s storied road – the height of their experimentation with lush chamber pop.
Since then, Lambchop has evolved into an accomplished ensemble, adding palpable depth and substance to singer-songwriter-guitarist Kurt Wagner’s songs. The band sounds as commanding as ever on its 11th album, Mr. M, a collection of meditations on love and loss and the detritus of everyday existence. One of their “finest, most cohesive, and easiest straight-through listens yet.” (Consequence of Sound)
Lambchop may not sound in any conventional way like a country band (even the steel guitar, once prominent, is long gone from the band’s lineup), and yet the essential spirit of country music—the sound of someone just trying to make sense of life’s little ups and downs—remains present in its music.
Beijing on Friday, June 17. Expect languid, ironic songs that are meditative and lovelorn. A quiet trip that will leave everyone — band and audience — levitating a few inches off the ground.
Lambchop Beijing Show Information
Date: June 17, Friday
Venue: Yugong Yishan
Address: 3-2 Zhangzizhong Lu, Dongcheng district (北京市东城区张自忠路3-2号)
Doors: 9 pm
Support: december3am
Tickets: 120 (Presale) // 150 (Door)
Pre-sale tickets will only be able to be purchased directly at the venue (open daily from 5.30pm)
Address: 3-2 Zhangzizhong Lu, Dongcheng District
Contact: 010 – 64042711
* Pre-sales end on 12 mid-night, June.16th, 2016
Links
Split Works Official Website：www.spli-t.com
Destroyer Official Website: Lambchop Official Website: http://www.lambchop.net/
About Split Works:
Split Works has been rocking in the free (ish) world since 2006. Working with inspirational artists from across the globe, the good people at Split Works HQ have been a key contributor to the continued rise of China’s music scene.
Split Works has launched five music festivals and promoted over 400 tours to 30 Chinese cities, always striving to stay true to a familiar refrain: the music has to be special, every single time. From Godspeed You! Black Emperor to Sonic Youth, from Thee Oh Sees to Mac Demarco and Shabazz Palaces, from Black Rabbit to JUE and Wooozy to Echo Park and More Music. We love music, we love China and we love you.[:zh]
“Lambshop的音乐可以是温煦而感人的，同时又是美丽而神秘的。” ——PopMatters
2016年6月17日，Kurt Wagner即将带领成军30年的美国另类乡摇传奇乐团Lambchop，为北京观众带来独一无二的氛围体验。Lambchop是一组围绕主唱兼创作主脑Kurt Wagner的音乐团体，作品风格自在游走于乡村、灵魂和民谣之间，甚至带有一点后摇滚色彩。结束北京站的演出后，乐团将前往上海参加“当代变奏”系列演出。
距离Lambchop发布第一张专辑已经过去了二十年，当时他们自称是“纳什维亚最扭曲的乡村乐队”。这听起来很挑衅， 但这个形容的确有些道理：他们在拥抱家乡音乐遗产的同时对其反抗和背离，引发了纷纷争议。从那以后，Lambchop逐步发展成技艺超群的杰出乐团，将灵魂人物Kurt Wagner的作曲演绎出显见的深度。Kurt Wagner在乐队中身兼数职，包括主唱、作曲、吉他手等，在第十一张专辑出版后，他们逐渐名声显赫。新专辑《Mr. M》就是这样一张对于过往爱与失去以及日常生活碎片的冥想与思考。
作为另类乡摇界最受尊敬的队伍之一，Lambchop的音乐与其他常规的乡村乐队并不相同（即便是最重要的钢弦吉他，也早已被乐队摒弃），但乡村音乐的核心精神——用音乐表达生活中细微的起伏——仍然存留在他们的音乐之中。
热气消退后的初夏夜，Lambchop的演出现场流淌出的美妙旋律，必将犹如一杯清凉沁脾的冰啤酒，给你的心情做一个舒缓SPA。
演出信息
【北京站】
日期：2016年6月17日 星期五
时间：21:00
场馆：愚公移山
地址：东城区张自忠路3-2号
嘉宾：december3am
票价：120元（预售）/150元（现场）
预售票请于每晚17:30后至愚公移山吧台处购买
截止时间：2016年6月16日24点
联系电话：010 – 64042711
*原先通过网络购买的门票依然有效。
相关链接：
Split Works开功官网：www.spli-t.com
Lambchop官网：www.lambchop.net
关于Split Works：
Split Works开功 是一家基于上海和北京的外资音乐演出公司，一直与诸多国际品牌进行合作，始终围绕音乐、品牌、创意和青年文化组织和推广各类活动。2006年成立至今，Split Works共推出了5个音乐节品牌、覆盖30座城市的400多场巡演，并一直坚信并实践着：每一次音乐都必须是独特的。从Godspeed You! Black Emperor 到Sonic Youth，从Thee Oh Sees到Mac Demarco和Shabazz Palaces，从“黑兔”到《觉》音乐+艺术节，从“无解周末”到回声公园音乐节。我们热爱音乐，我们热爱中国，我们爱你。[:]