Once again lyrics of [love] and [loss] merge with an [eclectic] selection of music, and un-tempered beats to create this [ambient] and beautiful album which is the third from [Manchester] based [Lamb].

What Sound returns lamb to the more [mellow] sounds, which they [embrace|embraced] so well in their first [lamb|self titled] album. For the first time, the pair decided against doing everything themselves employing not only a co-producer (Guy Sigsworth), but also inviting a selection of guest vocalists and musicians, including guitarist [Jimi Goodwin], [Michael Franti], [Me'Shell Ndegeocello], [Scratch Perverts] and [Arto Lindsay]. However they've done so without losing any of the expanding, [adventure|adventurous] sound we've come to expect from this duo. Tracks like 'Sweet', and 'Sweetheart' dabble in electric [funk], while the pure haunting 'Just Is', flows melodically like a babbling [brook]. The first [single] from the album, the breathtakingly [beautiful] 'Gabriel' builds from grounded [fragility] up into heart-pounding rushes of [sensuality]. The album floats [weightlessness|weightlessly] from one track to the next, until the very last [note].

"With the new album, we noticed the simplicity and the less-is-more aesthetic that seemed to be coming out as we went along. It was obviously happening naturally, but we decided we wanted to make that a central thing with the new record. It was about us as individuals and egos getting out of the way, letting the music do its thing and not trying too hard. Andy and I have each moved through different spaces and so 'What Sound' is a product of where we've been over the last year and where we are now. It's about trusting everything to flow." - Louise Rhodes

If you get the chance to see Lamb live, do not give it up... [sell your soul] if need be. Read [ascorbic|ascorbic's] review of [Lamb|Lamb live at The Anson Rooms], part of the [What Sound] tour.

Track Listing (What Sound - 2001)

[What Sound]
[One]
[Sweet]
[I Cry]
[Scratch Bass] (Instrumental)
[Heaven]
[Small]
[Written]
[Gabriel]
[Sweetheart]
[Just Is]

Lyrics

What is that [sound]?
Ringing in my ears
The [strange|strangest] sound
I've heard for years and years
The sound of two [heart|hearts]
[beat|Beating] side by side
The sound of... one love
That neither one can [hide]

The sound that makes the world go round
The sound that makes the world go round

(lyrics largely removed by [Oolong], at bexxta's request, to comply with [E2 Copyright Changes].)

What Sound (thing)