MJ Lenderman, Lauren Auder, More Eaze and more feature on new Lambchop EP, Demoed

Demoed will be released digitally in November, with a physical release following on 5 February via City Slang / Merge. Punching the Clown, released back in August, is Lambchop's seventeenth album and their first full-length release since 2022's The Bible. "Weakened", reimagined by MJ Lenderman, arrives as the first preview of the EP, which also features Circuit des Yeux, Alan Sparhawk, Channy Leaneagh, Dan Wriggins, Lauren Auder, Flock of Dimes and More Eaze. Introducing the EP, singer-songwriter Kurt Wagner explains the concept through an anecdote about not knowing what Herman Melville looked like until high school. “I just saw a picture in lit class and that was about it, nice beard," he recalls. "Prior to that what Herman looked like was really not essential to my understanding or enjoyment of Moby Dick. It was distracting at best. I thought the work was the important thing. I mean, I still don’t know what Renoir looked like but I bet he had a great beard. Great painter." "I used to fantasize that Lambchop would continue as an idea well beyond my participation," he continues. Over time we’ve had at least two generations represented. A third now is beginning. And this is importan...