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.
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Lamb Lyrics
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And I'm calling your name
Your voice on the line is
So far away
And my heart reaches out there
And finds you gone
You walk a path lonely
But you're never alone
Please
Please
Let me in
Please
Please
Let me in
I know there are times when
In ashes you lie
Each one has a shadow
We can't deny
But there in your darkness
Living your pain
Want to wrap you in love, babe
Again and again
I'm begging you
Please
Please
Let me in
Please
Please
Let me in
Listen, my tiny one
Gonna make it on your own
Look at what we have done to heal
Please
Please
Let me in
Please
Please
Let me in
I'm begging you
I'm begging you
I'm begging you
Please
Please
Please
In this song, Lamb is reaching out to someone they care about who seems to be going through a difficult time. The lyrics suggest that the person is feeling lonely and possibly going through some sort of personal struggle. Despite being reached out to, the person seems to be pushing others away and isolating themselves. Lamb pleads with this person to let them in and open up about what they are going through. They want to provide comfort and support, to wrap them in love and help them heal.
Line by Line Meaning
It's two in the morning
The singer is up late and unable to sleep
And I'm calling your name
The singer is reaching out to someone, emotionally or literally
Your voice on the line is
The singer is speaking to the person on the phone
So far away
The artist feels a physical or emotional distance from the person they are talking to
And my heart reaches out there
The artist is emotionally invested in the conversation
And finds you gone
The person the singer is speaking to is not emotionally present in the conversation
You walk a path lonely
The person the singer is speaking to is experiencing loneliness
But you're never alone
The artist is telling the person they are speaking to that even though they feel lonely, they are not truly alone
And I'm begging you
The artist is pleading with the person they are speaking to
Please
The artist is asking for something from the person they are speaking to
Let me in
The singer is asking for emotional access to the person they are speaking to
I know there are times when
The artist is acknowledging that there are difficult times for the person they are speaking to
In ashes you lie
The person the singer is speaking to is dealing with hardship or pain
Each one has a shadow
Everyone has their own hidden struggles
We can't deny
Ignoring our personal struggles won't make them go away
But there in your darkness
The artist is acknowledging that the person they are speaking to is going through a difficult time
Living your pain
The person the artist is speaking to is experiencing emotional pain
Want to wrap you in love, babe
The singer wants to provide emotional support and comfort to the person they are speaking to
Again and again
The singer is willing to continue providing support for the person they are speaking to
Listen, my tiny one
The artist is providing comfort and reassurance to the person they are speaking to
Gonna make it on your own
The artist believes in the person they are speaking to, and knows that they can make it through their struggles
Look at what we have done to heal
The artist is reflecting on past actions taken to help alleviate the person's pain
I'm begging you
The singer is pleading with the person they are speaking to
Please
The artist is asking for something important from the person they are speaking to
Let me in
The singer wants to be emotionally close to the person they are speaking to, and provide support and comfort
I'm begging you
The singer is continuing to plead and ask for emotional access
Please
The singer wants the person they are speaking to to do something important
Please
The artist is being persistent in their plea
Please
The artist is asking for something very important to them
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Capitol CMG Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ANDREW JOHN BARLOW, LOUISE ANN RHODES, JON THORNE, ODDUR RUNARSSON
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