Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a brand new track from Kurt Wagner’s Lambchop outfit who have announced details of their new album Punching The Clown which will be released on 21st August 2026 via City Slang. The new song Weakened includes Justin Vernon on banjo and a full choir helmed by Blake Morgan. Wagner said of the new record: “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. It seemed perfect in the moment as the moment became perfect in itself. I never found out who it was, sounded kinda like early country gospel? In a time of searching I discovered a type of gospel singing known as lined out singing which is said to have begun in the late 1800s in Scotland. It migrated to Appalachia and became an obscure root of American gospel, country…. a spontaneous call and response type of acapella singing led by a clerk with a chorus of singers revealing the raw beauty and power of the human voice with its unique varieties. Its unadorned simplicity gave weight to the words as they were sung. I wanted to make a record that emulated this kind of music.”
Take care, don’t forget Palestine, fuck Reform UK and keep fighting those fascists. See you next week.
