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.
Zero
Lamb Lyrics
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Cause someone took the light away
There's nothing in my heart
Don't think I could even start to explain
I couldn't stand the pain of losing something so much a part of me
Though in reality you were hardly there in my heart
You were everything, everything
In these few hours
A breath of summertime has turn to winter rain
In such little time all my hope is gone
Will it ever be the same?
All I ever wanted was to see your face
See a little smile for my little one
And let you know, And let you know
You were everything, everything
You were everything, everything
Babe I did all I could
Just to give you life
I'd have done anything
Just to give you live
Life
Life
Life
Out there in the dark
Your little spirit is lost without a home
Oh, don't be afraid
I'm thinking of you
No you'll never be alone
Someday, somehow
When the time is right
Be an angel
Smile upon me
And give your life
To get your life
And give everything, everything
And give everything, everything
To give your life
To give your life
To give your life
And give everything
And give everything
And give everything
And give everything
The song "Zero" by Lamb is a poignant and emotional piece about loss and grief. The lyrics reveal the pain of losing someone close to the singer, who has passed away. The song starts with a sense of emptiness and isolation, with the singer noting that "there's no one here today" because "someone took the light away." The imagery of darkness and light suggests that the person who has passed was a source of light in the singer's world, and their absence has left her feeling lost and alone.
As the song progresses, the singer reflects on the depth of her connection to the person who has gone, noting that they were "everything, everything" to her. The repetition of this phrase emphasizes the intensity of her feelings and drives home the idea that this loss has left her with a fundamental sense of emptiness. The bridge of the song introduces the idea that the loss was a child, with the singer wishing she could have seen the child's smile and known them better.
The final verse of the song introduces a sense of hope and the idea that the singer's love for the lost child can somehow transcend death. She imagines the child as a spirit wandering in the darkness, but promises that they will "never be alone" because she is "thinking of you." The final repetition of "to give your life, and give everything" reinforces the idea that the singer's love is an endless well, capable of filling the void left by loss.
Overall, "Zero" is a deeply moving song that confronts the pain of loss head-on while also offering a sense of hope that the love we have for those we lose can transcend death.
Line by Line Meaning
There's no one here today
Nobody is around right now
Cause someone took the light away
Someone took away what gave meaning and brightness to life
There's nothing in my heart
Emptiness inside
Don't think I could even start to explain
The pain is too intense to put into words
I couldn't stand the pain of losing something so much a part of me
It hurts too much to lose something that was a significant part of my life
Though in reality you were hardly there in my heart
In reality, you didn't occupy a large space in my heart
You were everything, everything
Despite being absent, in my mind, you were everything
In these few hours
In a short amount of time
A breath of summertime has turn to winter rain
What was once joyful has turned into sorrow
In such little time all my hope is gone
In an instant, all hope vanished
Will it ever be the same?
Is there any chance for things to return to how they once were?
All I ever wanted was to see your face
The desire to gaze upon your face was all-consuming
See a little smile for my little one
All that was wanted was a smile from their loved one
And let you know, And let you know
To express to you how much you are loved
Babe I did all I could
My efforts were exhausted
Just to give you life
To grant you existence
I'd have done anything
There was nothing I wouldn't have done
Just to give you live
Just to give you vitality
Out there in the dark
In the midst of obscurity
Your little spirit is lost without a home
Your soul is adrift without a place to reside
Oh, don't be afraid
Do not fear
I'm thinking of you
You are in my thoughts
No you'll never be alone
You will never be without companionship
Someday, somehow
One day, in some way
When the time is right
When the moment is ideal
Be an angel
Become an angel
Smile upon me
Express joy towards me
And give your life
Offer your existence
To get your life
In exchange for my own
And give everything, everything
Surrender all, no holding back
To give your life
To exchange lives
And give everything
To give every last bit
And give everything
Leave nothing behind
And give everything
Provide all
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ANDREW JOHN BARLOW, LOUISE ANN RHODES
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