Lamps Under The Water Under The Ground CD

2012 release, the third album from the L.A. based Indie band. There are some catchy hooks here-some of the catchiest Lamps have written to date, and vastly improved by an industrial strength recording by Chris Woodhouse-but they compress that element of their sound into a dynamic that favors power and precision as it's most acute points, amplified/ distorted/ corroded to the point where it only knows how to hurt.

1. Dogcatcher 2. Clouds 3. An Irrational Fear of Sailors 4. Learned Hopelessness 5. Pigeon Guided Missile 6. H.B.D 7. You're Belinda 8. Pagodas 9. Famous Chimps 10. I've Been on a Lot of Camels 11. Hawaiian Voters