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For my 33rd birthday, I received as a gift from a dear friend the second work of Lamb, which I was unfamiliar with at the time. Trusting her and her musical tastes - almost identical to mine - I started listening with complete curiosity.
I remember my first question was "what on earth is this??!", yes, because Lamb is not easily categorizable or assimilable into ONE genre, and this reflection is particularly true for this CD, which is rich with various types of influences and inspirations.
Let's start with the title: with this CD, Lamb lets us know they have overcome the "fear of the 4/4 time signature" and they prove it with a blend of syncopated rhythm melodies, supported by a pure form of electronic music that is at times vaguely jazzy, if not simply pop or even drum 'n' bass, not to mention the classical contamination evoked by a rich use of strings.
Said like this, it seems like a jumble of styles and sounds that don't communicate with each other, but the picture that emerges is harmonious and perfectly balanced, with each episode being self-contained while also part of the whole.
Thus, we find electronic gems in the intro Soft Mistake, or in Five, unleashed drum 'n' bass rhythms in Little Things, hypnotic episodes as in the repetitive B-line (the first single), actual songs like All In Your Hands, sweet lullabies like Less Than Two, film-like scores like Bonfire, or graceful ones like Softly, all the way to the luminous conclusion that takes us from the sci-fi atmosphere of Five to the darker and more tormented one of Lullaby, where Louise's voice, both hoarse and ethereal, gently caresses us while behind her, the haunting notes of a cello unfold. Thus, among synths, strings, and double bass, Louise concludes by telling us "Always and forever we'll be free".
And I swear, folks, more than once a tear has formed in my eye.
PS: now I have all their CDs, but this 2nd one is something unique.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
02 Little Things (03:21)
There's so many things that we miss in our everyday lives
We're so busy hustling, bustling chasing far away dreams
We forget the little things
Like blue skies, green eyes and our babies growing
Like rainbows, fresh snow and the smell of summer
We forget to live.
Give us eyes like children so we live each day as our first
We're so sure we know so much that we forget to listen
Then we want the fickle things
Like cheap thrills fast fuel and constant consumption
Like TV, CDs and cars that speak our names
We forget to live.
There's so many things that we miss in our everyday lives
We're so busy hustling, bustling chasing far away dreams
We forget the little things
Like blue skies, green eyes and our babies growing
Like rainbows, fresh snow and the smell of summer
We forget to live
03 B Line (02:48)
Ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da
It's in
Your eyes
And the way you move
You got music in your step
A kind
Of glow
Like you walk with the heat turned up
So brightly above
Suddenly I see
I go ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da
Everytime you walk in the room
No escape for me
I go ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da
Everytime you're close to me
If I could just
Compose myself
I'd radiate just the right amount of cool and heat
So you'd never know
How I tremble to touch you
Suddenly I see
I go ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da
Everytime you walk in the room
No escape for me
I go ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da
Everytime you're close to me
Suddenly I see
I go ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da
Everytime you walk in the room
No escape for me
I go ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da
Everytime you're close to me
05 All in Your Hands (04:41)
I've been so excited since I knew I was gonna be with you
Now every day the sun will shine on me from your eyes
I'm on a train to you and it's just not fast enough
Every second takes an hour and I can't sit still
You waited so long and so patiently for me to be
Sure I could trust the light in your eyes that shined
Now it's all in your hands and it feels so beautiful
Now you can lay them on me as much as you like
The things that you do to me make me tremble
Just one look from your eyes makes me weak
There's no greater lova than the way I feel
Now I've let myself love you
You waited so long and so patiently for me to be
Sure I could trust the light in your eyes that shined
Now it's all in your hands and it feels so beautiful
Now you can lay them on me as much as you like
Now it's all in your hands and it feels so beautiful
Now you can lay them on me as much as you like
Yeah it's all in your hands and it feels so beautiful
Now you can lay them on me as much as you like
Lay them on me baby as much as you like
Lay them on me baby-y
As much as you like...
06 Less Than Two (01:22)
Wanting you
Loving you
Holding You
Needing you
(Wanting you)
(Loving you)
(Holding you)
(Needing you)
07 Bonfire (04:25)
Have you ever wondered why those days exist
When life just seems to be a conspiracy against you
I don't know where the answer lie
But I try not to get hung up on the questions
And I burn like a good bonfire
In whatever I do
Burn like a good bonfire
And I know I'll come through
The time is long overdue for a house clearing of the soul
We all get so complicated in our lives
When walking just walk
When sitting just sit
When being just be
Above all don't stray from your chosen path
And burn like a good bonfire
In whatever you do
Burn like a good bonfire
And I know you'll come through
Burn like a good bonfire
In whatever you do
Burn like a good bonfire
And may peace come to you
The time is long overdue for a house clearing of the soul
We all get so complicated in our lives
Burn like a good bonfire
In whatever you do
Just burn like a good bonfire
And I know you'll come through
Burn like a good bonfire
In whatever you do
Burn like a good bonfire
And may strenght flow through you
09 Softly (03:59)
Softly
Kissing you as you lie sleeping
Breathing
Gently with you in your slumber
Your face is the picture of contentment
My angel's dreaming, my angel's dreaming
And I'm so happy wit'you
So happy wit'you
So happy wit'you
So happy wit'you
Slowly
Opening your wondrous eyes on me
Shining
Green and glorious in the morning sun
This moment, what could be more precious?
May it live forever, may it live forever
So happy wit'you
So happy wit'you
So happy wit'you
So happy wit'you
Smiling on me your love gives me all the blessings of this new day
The heat in your skin caresses my senses in sucha glorious way
I'm so happy wit'you
So happy wit'you
So happy wit'you
So happy wit'you
11 Fly (05:15)
Take me away, so far away
I'm tired of looking over my shoulder
The things I've done way heavily
They tie me down, won't let me go free
Angels come and take me on silver wings
Carry me of to the sky
Angels come free me from earthly things
And I'll fly, I'll fly, I'll fly
If I could go back to where I began
I would, yeah, if only I could
I'd never do no-one no harm
Wear a halo, so heavenly I'd glow
Angels come and take me on silver wings
Carry me of to the sky
Angels come and free me from earthly things
And I'll fly, I'll fly, I'll fly
12 Alien (04:08)
This was a body
Now it's a home
For you my little alien
I feel you moving
It's oh so strange
Do you like the music?
And I'm a happy home
What's it like in there?
Yeah I'm a happy home
I hope it's cosy in there
If home's where the heart is
That's where you are
My heart is right there
So long I've waited
To be quite so occupied
Mysterious being by you
And I'm a happy home
What's it like in there?
Yeah I'm a happy home
I hope it's cosy in there
14 Lullaby (02:59)
Always and forever
We'll be free
Always and forever
Be with me
We'll have love a'plenty
We'll have joys outnumbered
We'll share perfect moments
You and me
Always and forever
You will see
Always and forever
Just be with me
We'll have love a'plenty
We'll have joys outnumbered
We'll share perfect moments
You and me
You and me
You and me
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