Their signature song is Gorecki, from their eponymous debut album and it was inspired by Henryk Górecki's Third Symphony, the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. Other essential songs are Cotton Wool, God Bless, B Line, Gabriel, Sweet, and Wonder.
To date, the band has released six studio albums: Lamb (1996), Fear of Fours (1999), What Sound (2001), Between Darkness And Wonder (2003), 5 (2011) and Backspace Unwind (2014). In 2003 they also issued a compilation entitled Best Kept Secrets.
In February 2005, Lamb announced that they would pursue their own solo projects, ending their collaboration for now. Their last concerts were in Paradiso, Amsterdam, and these shows appear in the DVD 'Lamb Live at the Paradiso' which was released in 2011.
Lou Rhodes released her first solo album Beloved One (2006) which received a Mercury nomination. This was followed by Bloom (2007), and One Good Thing (2010). Lou also branched out and became an author, with children's books The Phlunk (2013) and The Phlunk's Worldwide Symphony (2014 Strata Books).
Producer Andy Barlow focused on his band Hoof and a project called Luna Seeds with vocalist–songwriter Carrie Tree, and produced the Fink album Distance and Time. In 2013 Barlow's debut solo album as LOWB, Leap and the Net Will Appear was re-released on a new label, Distiller Records. Andy continued to work as a producer, working with Bristol band The Ramona Flowers on their album Dismantle and Rebuild (2014) which he also co-wrote. Most recently, he produced and mixed David Gray's new album Mutineers (2014).
The hiatus ended in 2009 when Lamb reunited and started performing again. Lamb returned to the studio the following year to record their fifth studio album 5 which was released in 2011. They also released their first live album in 2011 Live at Koko and the long-awaited DVD Lamb Lamb Live at the Paradiso.
In October 2014, the band released a new album Backspace Unwind, followed by a single 'We Fall in Love' (subsequently voted "Best Chillout/Lounge Track" at the International Dance Music Awards 2015). They began a tour in 2014 which included the UK and Europe. The tour continued into 2015 with shows and festivals in Australia, New Zealand and Europe.
There are other artists with the same name:
(2) A group formed by Barbara Mauritz and Bob Swanson in San Francisco in the late 1960s. This group disbanded in 1972. The minor San Francisco group Lamb tend to be remembered only for their appearance on the Fillmore: The Last Days concert album, where they were one of several non-star artists on a set dominated by bigger names like the Grateful Dead, Santana, and Boz Scaggs. The band did actually put out three albums in the early '70s, however, and were quite an interesting group. Not only were they not readily comparable to other acts on the San Francisco rock circuit, but it's debatable whether they could be fairly categorized as a rock band at all. Their music blended jazz, folk, singer/songwriter pop, gospel, and even some classical and avant-garde influences. Certainly the dominant figure was singer Barbara Mauritz, whose bluesy and earthy vocals had considerable resonance, but which could also traverse the band's frequently mystical, poetic lyrics with much delicacy and nuance. Reminiscent in spots of such varied artists as Tim Buckley, Judy Collins (in her art-song phase), David Ackles, and Savage Rose (in that band's most gospel-soaked period), their records were ultimately idiosyncratic enough to defy ready comparison to anyone. And they were, too, ultimately too inaccessible to make much commercial impact, despite plenty of tracks of considerable power, beauty, and enigma.
Lamb were formed by the duo of Texan singer Mauritz and multi-instrumentalist (though primarily guitarist) Bob Swanson. The two (writing both separately and together) was responsible for the band's material. They attracted attention in San Francisco when they opened for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young for a few nights at Winterland in November 1969. Impresario Bill Graham became their manager, and producer David Rubinson, who had worked with notable groups such as Santana and Moby Grape, acted in that capacity for their first record. Their debut album on the Fillmore label, A Sign of Change, was perhaps their most uncompromising and experimental, relying largely on jazz-folk acoustic arrangements and spotlighting Mauritz's impressive voice on impressionistic, dream-like lyrics. They moved over to Warner Bros (while retaining Rubinson as executive producer) for the follow-up, Cross Between, which moved toward slightly more mainstream rock arrangements and a more pronounced gospel feel on several tracks. Yet others were throwbacks to the first album in their obscure but enchanting poesy, sometimes owing more to a classical-influenced art song tradition than conventional pop music.
Lamb went yet further toward gospel-rockish material on their third and final album, Bring Out the Sun, which was their most mainstream outing, though hardly mainstream overall, with a couple of tracks again giving vent to their more experimental jazz-folk-classical side. The LP was co-billed to Lamb and Barbara Mauritz, though Swanson was still involved as a composer and instrumentalist on much of the material. Whether or not this co-billing was intended as a transition from Lamb to a solo career, Mauritz was soon recording as a solo, putting out Music Box for Columbia. Her solo career didn't take off, however, although she continued to perform and write (composing the music for many commercials). In the mid-'80s, Bob Swanson returned full-time to photography. The Lamb founded by Swanson and Mauritz, incidentally, had no relation to either the Christian rock band Lamb that began to record later in the '70s, or the drum'n'bass duo Lamb that began recording in the late '90s.
(3) A demoscene musician, active from early 1990s till early 2000s, known for composing many chiptunes, as well as themed collection-album called Autumn Leaf.
(4) A messianic Jewish pop music group formed in 1972 by Joel Chernoff and Rick "Levi" Coghill. This group has recorded as recently as 2005 (with Ted Pearce replacing Rick Coghill).
(5) A Japanese duo from Tokyo, formed in 1999. Kudo sings, Nakamura does everything else. They make pretty, light-hearted, chilled-out pop.
(6) A Japanese rockband who regularly do shows in Tokyo, Japan. They're known for their melodic, emotional, and exciting sound with twin guitars, and bass and drums. Lamb's music has taken on elements from post-rock, math-rock, and pop.
Their first EP, MEME, was released in April of 2020.
Dischord
Lamb Lyrics
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And I'll sing along
Sing it my whole life long
Tell a tale of all it's done to you
And that won't make you strong when all the hope is gone
When it all goes wrong
It's such a different song
Barely set the sunshine just for you
The rain never came, even on winter days
Now he says the dream was never true
He won't be the name, says he'll never be the same
When it all goes wrong
It's such a different song
That you sing to yourself
When it all goes wrong
It's such a different song
That you sing to yourself
The song Dischord by Lamb is a poignant commentary on the unpredictability of love and the unexpected ways it can impact a person. The opening lines of the song encourage listeners to sing a song of all that love can do, with the promise to sing along. However, the lyrics take a darker, more introspective tone, as the song delves into the aftermath of a broken love affair. The singer is urged to tell a tale of all that love has done to them, as a way to process their emotions and move on. However, the song points out that even when all hope is gone, and the stakes are at their highest, it is still possible to sing to oneself, to find the strength to carry on.
The second verse of the song is particularly evocative, as it describes a love affair that was seemingly perfect, somehow filled with sunshine even during winter months, only for the dream to crumble into nothingness. The person who was supposed to be the singer's soulmate now tells them that the dream was never true, and he will never be the same. The lyrics suggest an intense sense of disillusionment and disappointment, with their dream partner's betrayal causing the singer to feel alone and unable to trust anyone again. The final refrain of the song repeats the central theme that even when everything goes wrong, the singer can still find a song to sing to themselves as a way of processing their emotions.
Line by Line Meaning
Sing a song of all that love can do
Let's sing about the limitless possibilities of love
And I'll sing along
I'll join in and sing with you
Sing it my whole life long
I'll keep singing this song for the rest of my life
Tell a tale of all it's done to you
Tell me about the experiences you've had with love
And that won't make you strong when all the hope is gone
Even though love can be powerful, it doesn't always provide strength when hope is lost
When it all goes wrong
When things fall apart or go awry
It's such a different song
The tune we sing changes dramatically
That you sing to yourself
We tend to keep these thoughts and feelings to ourselves
Barely set the sunshine just for you
It felt like everything was perfect and made just for you
The rain never came, even on winter days
Nothing went wrong and it was always a pleasant experience
Now he says the dream was never true
Someone says that the love they shared was never real
He won't be the name, says he'll never be the same
This person won't be known for love and insists they've changed as a result of the experience
Contributed by Aiden V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Matty Akkzcend
Probably my favourite song on the album, up with Butterfly Effect
Loreen Neil
I love lamb they're SOOOOOOO Awsome:)
Hanna G.
Very fitting
DruggedOnion
like it
Ajay
Pre sick night