''FLOTUS'' ("FLOTUS", an abbreviation for "For Love Often Turns Us Still") is the twelfth studio album by American band Lambchop, released on November 4, 2016. It marked a significant stylistic departure for the group into more electronic-influenced territory, as heard by the instrumental emphasis on

synthesizers A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

and the Auto-Tune effects applied to singer-songwriter Kurt Wagner's voice.

Accolades

Track listing

# "In Care of 8675309" (Kurt Wagner) – 11:51 # "Directions to the Can" ( Ira Kaplan, Wagner) – 3:32 # "FLOTUS" (Wagner) – 3:29 # "JFK" (Wagner) – 5:32 # "Howe" (Wagner) – 4:05 # "Old Masters" (Wagner) – 4:43 # "Relatives #2" (Wagner) – 5:25 # "Harbor Country" (Wagner) – 3:26 # "Writer" (Wagner) – 3:41 # "NIV" (Wagner) – 4:35 # "The Hustle" (Ryan Norris, Wagner) – 18:12

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic. * Sean R. Badum – assistant * Alicia Bognanno – background vocals * Tony Crow – piano * Jeremy Ferguson – engineer, mixing engineer, producer * Matt Glassmeyer – clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, cornet, horn arrangements, tenor saxophone * Scott Martin – drum Programming, drums * Ryan Norris – additional production, Drum programming, editing, guitar, Moog synthesizer, organ, piano, synthesizer * Matt Swanson – bass * Kurt Wagner – Composer, editing, Group Member, guitar, paintings, producer, vocals

Charts

References

2016 albums Lambchop (band) albums City Slang albums Merge Records albums {{2010s-pop-rock-album-stub