Lammping to Release Stars We Lost EP March 4
Funky-fresh off releasing one of 2021’s best full-lengths in Flashjacks (review here), Toronto purveyors of mellow fuzzy groove Lammping will issue the new five-track EP Stars We Lost on March 4.
Like their 2021 EP, New Jaws (review here), it’s entirely possible that the songs of the 18-ish-minute Stars We Lost will be repurposed for the band’s next album, and if that’s the case, fine. I’ll take new Lammping as it comes. Their songs are memorable, unpretentious, engaging, and capture a nostalgic feel that transcends genre fluidly without losing their structural purpose. In short, I dig this band. More from them is only good news as far as I’m concerned.
We Are Busy Bodies has the release this time around — Flashjacks was on Echodelick Records, and 2020’s Bad Boys of Comedy (review here) was on Nasoni — and the opening track “Everlasting Moor” is streaming now, the band bringing vibes from surf and garage to coincide with their ’90s-bent do-anything-they-wantness. I’m on board, let’s go.
From their Bandcamp:
Lammping – Stars We Lost – March 4
Lammping is a psychedelic rock band based out of Toronto, founded by singer/songwriter Mikhail Galkin and drummer Jay Anderson. Meeting at a concert where Jay’s and Mikhail’s previous bands were sharing the bill, they quickly connected over their musical tastes, drawing on their love of everything from mid-90’s boom-bap to Tropicalia and library music.
The band was started as an attempt to bring the various musical influences and ideas together under a psych-rock umbrella, expanding the possibilities of heavy music. The band’s demo led to a vinyl release of the debut LP on Nasoni Records in 2020 and their sophomore album “Flashjacks” in 2021 on Echodelic Records, both albums drawing critical praise.
The foundation of Lammping’s sound is rooted in Jay Anderson’s heavy drumming and Mikhail Galkin’s melodic riffs, but with the addition of samples, drum machines, and a variety of instrumentation, the band’s sonic palate is just as indebted to Stereolab, De La Soul and Kraftwerk as it is to Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer and Sleep.
Stars We Lost, is a new EP from the band is due to come out on vinyl and digitally on March 4 2022 via We Are Busy Bodies.
Tracklisting:
1. Everlasting Moor
2. Never Phoenix
3. Home of Shadows
4. ’21 Interlude
5. Beyond The Veil
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