{"id":2512006,"date":"2026-07-22T05:02:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2512006"},"modified":"2026-07-22T05:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:02:25","slug":"lambchop-share-new-song-the-new-world-wave-under-the-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lambchop-share-new-song-the-new-world-wave-under-the-radar\/","title":{"rendered":"Lambchop Share New Song \u201cThe New World Wave\u201d | Under the Radar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lambchop Share New Song \u201cThe New World Wave\u201d<\/h3>\n

Punching the Clown<\/i> Due Out August 21 via Merge\/City Slang<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tBy Mark Redfern<\/span>
\n\t\t\tPhotography by Ingo Petramer<\/span>
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Lambchop<\/a> (the project of Kurt Wagner) are releasing a new album, Punching the Clown<\/i><\/a>, on August 21 via Merge in the U.S. and City Slang in the rest of the world. Now they have shared its third single, \u201cThe New World Wave.\u201d Listen below.<\/p>\n

Lambchop previously shared the album\u2019s first single, \u201cWeakened,\u201d<\/a> which featured Justin Vernon of Bon Iver on banjo. It was one of our Songs of the Week<\/a>. \u201cStella\u201d was the album\u2019s second single.<\/p>\n

Ryan Olson (Poli\u00e7a, Gayngs) produced the album, which features songs written by Wagner and the band\u2019s Andrew Broder. It was recorded at Vernon\u2019s April Base studio and he plays banjo throughout the album, which also features a six-part choir on all songs.<\/p>\n

Wagner had this to say about the album in a press release:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn early 2024 I heard a song on the radio on my way to get some gas. Just a minimal single chord strummed banjo and a small group of voices. It seemed perfect in the moment as the moment became perfect in itself. I never found out who it was, sounded kinda like early country gospel? In a time of searching I discovered a type of gospel singing known as lined out singing <\/p>\n

which is said to have begun in the late 1800s in Scotland. It migrated to Appalachia and became an obscure root of American gospel, country.\u2026a spontaneous call and response type of acapella singing led by a clerk with a chorus of singers revealing the raw beauty and power of the human voice with its unique varieties. Its unadorned simplicity gave weight to the words as they were sung. I wanted to make a record that emulated this kind of music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Punching the Clown <\/i>follows 2022\u2019s The Bible<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read our The End interview with Lambchop<\/a>.<\/p>\n