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.
In Binary
Lamb Lyrics
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In open doors
Brings a heart-shaped smile
Many lives
Just tiny dots
On earth's great surface shine
It's all here just a moment
It's all here just a moment
A trick of space and time
Telegraphs
Along the road
Feeding one to one
Sending thoughts
In binary
Till all the power's gone
It's all here just a moment
One breath and then it's gone
It's all here just a moment
A trick of space and time
The song "In Binary" by Lamb is a reflection on the fleeting nature of life and the transience of human existence. The opening line "Hearing sounds in open doors" suggests the transient and fleeting nature of life as it pertains to the idea of open doors. Open doors are an analogy for the opportunities that we have in life, but they're also just as sudden as they can be closed. The line "Brings a heart-shaped smile" seems to suggest that these doors, these opportunities, are ultimately what bring joy to our lives.
The idea of the fleeting nature of human life is further emphasized in the next line "Many lives just tiny dots on earth's great surface shine." This line brings attention to the vastness of the world and how insignificant our individual lives are in the grand scheme of things. The size of the Earth and the number of lives on it dwarf any one individual's existence.
The second verse of the song talks about the ways we communicate as humans, especially through technology. The line "Telegraphs along the road, feeding one to one, sending thoughts in binary" speaks to the idea of how we use technology, especially the internet, to communicate with each other. Technology has helped us connect with others more easily, but at the same time, it has made us more disconnected from each other in some ways. The line "Till all the power's gone" suggests that even though these technologies allow us to connect more easily, there's still a limit to the power of communication.
Overall, "In Binary" is a reflective song that explores the themes of impermanence and the fleeting nature of human life. It's a reminder that life is a collection of small moments that we need to savor and appreciate.
Line by Line Meaning
Hearing sounds
Being aware of sounds
In open doors
Coming from open doors or spaces
Brings a heart-shaped smile
Makes one feel happy and loved
Many lives
Countless people
Just tiny dots
Appear very small
On earth's great surface shine
Visible on Earth's surface
It's all here just a moment
Exists only briefly
One breath and then it's gone
Briefly existing for one breath then disappearing
A trick of space and time
A result of the way space and time work together
Telegraphs
Communication technology
Along the road
Located alongside a physical path
Feeding one to one
Sending messages from one person to another
Sending thoughts
Transferring ideas or opinions
In binary
Using a system of 0s and 1s
Till all the power's gone
Until the energy supply runs out
Contributed by Christopher W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Roberta Melis
Hearing sounds
In open doors
Brings a heart-shaped smile
Many lives
Just tiny dots
On earth's great surface shine
It's all here just a moment
One breath and then it's gone
It's all here just a moment
A trick of space and time
It's all here just a moment
A trick of space and time
Telegraphs
Along the road
Feeding one to one
Sending thoughts
In binary
Till all the power's gone
It's all here just a moment
One breath and then it's gone
It's all here just a moment
A trick of space and time
It's all here just a moment
A trick of space and time
Roberta Melis
Hearing sounds
In open doors
Brings a heart-shaped smile
Many lives
Just tiny dots
On earth's great surface shine
It's all here just a moment
One breath and then it's gone
It's all here just a moment
A trick of space and time
It's all here just a moment
A trick of space and time
Telegraphs
Along the road
Feeding one to one
Sending thoughts
In binary
Till all the power's gone
It's all here just a moment
One breath and then it's gone
It's all here just a moment
A trick of space and time
It's all here just a moment
A trick of space and time
Pilar Herrera
¡¡¡Que joya!!! 💎❤️✨ Está increíble
ChronicallyClementyne
I legitimately can't stop listening to this. So glad I found out you guys had another album out!
Nostalgiczny
Damn.I'm addicted to this song.Thank you so much!Your music is unusual and I'm so happy I found you :))
GC Monkey
Me encanta, mucho amor desde Mexico.
T McIntosh
Always looking for new, great music. Thank you LAMB!
Rock and Rides
Love finding new music...check out The Dip...totally different but so good. Saw them Friday night. Absolute groove.
Just Jeremy
This is so Artistically beautiful , It's so understandable in this day and age.
rastitutka
Holy smokes please make more of this!!! It should be everywhere!
J V
This track won't be leaving my playlist for a very long time....