Music News - Album Launch: Julie Lamb – Ordinary Days
28 February 2017 - 0 Comments
Ordinary Days, the fourth and finest album from Julie Lamb and her fantastic band will be launched Saturday, March 11, Mac’s Function Centre, Wellington, 7.30-11.00pm. Entry is FREE!
The
title of Julie Lamb’s new album might claim Ordinary Days – but it was
clearly a special time in the studio, magic happening and lightning bottled
this fourth time around. The Wellington-based singer/songwriter and bandleader
can boast of a career highpoint with the 11 songs here, tunes traversing the
funk, soul and pop fields as they always have but now, rightfully, a band sound
has cemented. This is the fourth outing for Julie and band but some of the
members are caught here for the first time. It’s a band sound that’s been
building across the last decade – vocal arrangements supported by horns, all of
it swimming in the liquid tone of the guitar and lapping sound of the bass and
drums. Ordinary Days is the soundtrack to a summer Wellington might never have
– at least not all in a row. The 11 songs here ride on funky guitar lines and
the soothing sass from the saxophone and trombone. The snare drum snap signals
a finger-click call to the rest of the band and as Lamb shares her tales of
sleeplessness and the pressures of work and mental health, of the fight to get
through each day and the right to wear a smile at the start of any night (and
hopefully right through from there) she’s supported by the warmth and thrill of
both the band and her choir of backing singers (Debra Rock-Evans, Ree Thomson,
Miranda Turner). Theirs is a collective sound to drink in, the perfect
satiation for the musically parched. Sunshine bursts through with the title
track’s effortless exuberance, Hashtag On A Good Day is an a capella ode to the
capital city’s weather – recalling the songs and style of When The Cat’s Away
and The Front Lawn. Elsewhere there’s a jazziness (Mind Flit) or a deep soul
plunge (Why Do I Forget?) but it’s actually about the dreamy merge of these
songs – very much an album, a 43-minute car-ride of music; a soundtrack to pack
alongside the beach ball and picnic blanket. Ordinary Days oozes talent, charm
and soul – as the Julie Lamb Band consolidates on the previous albums and finds
a collective sound, a co-lamb-oration if you will… And you should. You most definitely should.
“Ordinary Days has a nice
chilled Kiwi vibe, refreshing and fun. This is highly recommended listening.” Corinner, www.muzic.net.nz
The launch party features five a cappella songs written by Julie and performed by 10dd and friends, followed by the presentation of the album by the Julie Lamb Band and then it’s time for a party with well-known covers and upbeat, funky originals primed for dancing. Mac’s Function Centre will be dressed for the night with lightning design by Tymar, audio by Sounds Good and set design by Supercolour.
Mac’s Function Centre is at 4 Taranaki St, Wellington.
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