{"product_id":"is-a-woman","title":"Is A Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs a Woman\u003c\/em\u003e is the sixth studio album from 2002. It seems incredible, listening to this album, that \u003cstrong\u003eLambchop\u003c\/strong\u003e were ever accused of being a country band... but then, \u003cstrong\u003eLambchop\u003c\/strong\u003e didn't used to make records that sounded like this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe immediate predecessor of \u003cem\u003eIs A Woman\u003c\/em\u003e, 2000's superb \u003cem\u003eNixon\u003c\/em\u003e, saw \u003cstrong\u003eLambchop\u003c\/strong\u003e exploring a fascination with soul music, and the journey continues on \u003cem\u003eIs a Woman\u003c\/em\u003e. It is cut from the same cloth as \u003cem\u003eNixon\u003c\/em\u003e, but it's just a little more threadbare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhere \u003cem\u003eNixon\u003c\/em\u003e was a sequence of vast, shimmering electronic soundscapes, much of \u003cem\u003eIs a Woman\u003c\/em\u003e is carried by little more than piano and guitar. The songs are therefore left to fend for themselves, and they live up to the confidence placed in them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe lack of instrumental competition also allows Kurt Wagner's singular voice to sound even more vulnerable and wracked than usual: \"\u003cem\u003eBugs\u003c\/em\u003e,\" for example, might well be the most underplayed lead vocal in the history of popular music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a whole, \u003cem\u003eIs a Woman\u003c\/em\u003e is best thought of as a companion volume to \u003cem\u003eTindersticks\u003c\/em\u003e' \u003cem\u003eCan Our Love...\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Nile\u003c\/em\u003e's \u003cem\u003ePeace at Last\u003c\/em\u003e, a deadpan masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Slang","offers":[{"title":"LP | x2.","offer_id":50467201810763,"sku":"1008823","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Yellow | LP | x2","offer_id":50467202531659,"sku":"2002493","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50467201220939,"sku":"1059259","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Is_a_Woman_fd28839e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727336348","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/is-a-woman","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}