Reading: Lambchop: Punching the Clown review – spectral, spellbindingly ambiguous stirring of US history

As I read the review of Lambchop's Punching the Clown, I felt a shiver run down my spine, recalling the dusty vinyl shelves in London's second-hand record stores where I used to hunt for obscure gems - the writer's words about Kurt Wagner's haunting vocals and spectral songs transported me back to those late-night listening sessions, when The Clash's London Calling or Elvis Costello's This Year's Model seemed like epic quests.

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