Lambchop announce new EP Demoed

Nashville alt-country band Lambchop have announced a new EP Demoed, out November 20, featuring a lineup of artists singing over demo versions of songs from their August album Punching the Clown.

The news comes as MJ Lenderman's rendition of their song 'Weakened' has been released, as a preview to Demoed.

"I used to fantasize that Lambchop would continue as an idea well beyond my participation," said frontman Kurt Wagner. "My idea of moving forward — aging with dignity — involves my disappearing from the notion of being the “dude,” the ego, entity, personality, figurehead, selfie guy, brand image.

"Andrew came up with the idea for a supplement to the new record. To ask artists we admired as both artists and people, and with unique voices to sing along to the initial guitar demos replacing me, thereby putting emphasis on their voices and the songs rather than my persona’s participation. A remix but backwards."

Punching the Clown was recorded in only three days and is the group's seventeenth studio album, their first new release since The Bible in 2022.

One of the defining characteristics of the album is its use of a centuries-old Scots-Appalachian call-and-response gospel tradition known as "lined-out singing." Wagner was inspired by a late-night radio broadcast featuring a minimalist arrangement of a single banjo chord and a small group of voices.

Lambchop will play a sold-out set at St Nicholas' Church in Galway on February 20, 2027, followed by Dublin's The Helix on February 21 - as part of their European and UK tour which kicks off in November.

Formed in 1986, the group have consisted of a large and fluid collective of musicians focused around their creative centre and frontman Wagner.

Tickets for their Dublin show are available here.

Listen to MJ Lenderman singing 'Weakened' below.

Full tracklist:

1. Weakened (MJ Lenderman version)
2. A Doctor in the House (Circuit des Yeux / Alan Sparhawk version)
3. Stella (Channy Leaneagh version)
4. White People (Dan Wriggins version)
5. The New World Wave (Lauren Auder version)
6. Afterburner (Flock of Dimes version)
7. Andrew Jackson Asshat (More Eaze version)