Dynamic instrumental power trio LaMP is back with news of its sophomore studio album, One Of Us. Out March 21st on Royal Potato Family, the latest studio offering from drummer Russ Lawton, keyboardist Ray Paczkowski (Trey Anastasio Band), and guitarist Scott Metzger (Joe Russo’s Almost Dead) follows the band’s self-titled 2020 debut.
Along with the announcement, LaMP previewed One Of Us with the lead single, “Jasper’s World”. On the track, Metzger’s darting notes mesh with Ray’s crackling clavinet atop Lawton’s stomping snare, giving the loose, 2:40-minute composition the feeling that it could’ve been plucked from a double-digit-minute live jam.
”The album is called One Of Us, but if there is a theme to this record, it might be ‘three of us,'” Paczkowski said in a statement. “We’re all writers in the sense of courting some kind of inspiration, a melody, a rhythm, a vibe; feeling some kind of spark and bringing it to the band. The goal was to get a fire going.”
One Of Us follows last year’s Live At Nectar’s double album, culled from two nights at the famed Burlington, VT venue where the band formed in 2018. Fueled by that run, LaMP was ready to get back to the studio and decamped to Ben Collette‘s Tank Recording Studio in Burlington for a three-day session. The resulting ten-track, 35-minute album captures the “cleanest distillation of the LaMP sound yet,” according to the band.
”This record has more of a gritty, edgy sound to it compared to our first one,” Metzger said. “The first album felt clean and smooth. One Of Us has a more attitude. It still emphasizes melody, groove, and accessibility like the first record, but this one feels like we’ve got some more miles under our belt, which makes sense since 2024 was a big year for our little band.”
”It’s the next sounds of three musicians who are playing what they feel, and feeling it as one,” Paczkowski concluded.
Check out the lead One Of Us single “Jasper’s World” below or on your preferred streaming platform. The album is available for pre-order here on 180-gram splatter color vinyl, 180-gram classic black vinyl, and digital formats. Scroll down for the full tracklist and album artwork, as well as LaMP’s upcoming tour dates including headlining shows in Vermont, Connecticut, and New York as well as festival dates at Northlands, FloydFest, and more. Find tickets on the band’s website.
LaMP — “Jasper’s World”
