LaMP Live @ The Vanguard

PHISH Afterpartyw/ LaMP + special guestRuss Lawton (Trey Anastasio Band), Scott Metzger (Joe Russo's Almost Dead), Ray Paczkowski (Trey Anastasio Band)Doors 9pm | Show 10pmTickets $25 advance | $35 day of showTix go on sale, Wed, Aug 20 at 10am

On a magical night at Nectar’s, in Burlington, VT, in December of 2018, three musical masters —

Russ Lawton, Scott Metzger and Ray Paczkowski — came together with alchemical synthesis,

and created a fresh, so-tight-it's-free sound, permeated with technical prowess and a

deep-pocket punch. The packed house fortunate enough to be in attendance that night witnessed

the birth of something very special: LaMP.

Metzger, described by The Village Voice as “...an ace guitarist of a thousand styles,” and a

full-time member of the beloved Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, tested the decades-strong synergy

between Lawton and Paczkowski, forged from their time playing with Trey Anastasio Band and

their duo project Soule Monde. The melodic and harmonic interplay of Paczkowski’s swirling

organ and clavinet dancing with Metzger’s acrobatic melodies on telecaster, both driven by

Lawton's unflappable backbeat, produces music that is immediate and irresistible.

It's the chemistry that drives LaMP's newest studio album, "One Of Us," which arrives on March

21 via Royal Potato Family. The trio previewed the record with the lead single, “Jasper’s World.”

"One of Us" follows LaMP’s 2024 release, "Live At Nectar’s," captured at the famed Burlington

club where the band formed. The new studio effort — cut at Ben Collette’s Tank Recording Studio

in Burlington — marks the trio’s first since releasing their 2020 self-titled debut album.

“This record has more of a gritty, edgy sound to it compared to our first one,” Metzger said of

"One Of Us." “The first album felt clean and smooth. 'One Of Us' has 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.

“Most of these tunes started from beats Russ sent around, and Ray or I would put down a

harmonic or melodic idea we thought captured the mood of the groove,” Metzger added.

“LaMP definitely started with a sound right from the first show and it continues to grow as we

write new songs,” Lawton said. “Someone will come in with a song — or I’ll pass along a rhythmic

concept — and we’ll build from there.”

“It’s the next sounds of three musicians who are playing what they feel, and feeling it as one,”

Paczkowski added. “The album is called One Of Us, but if there is a theme to this record, it might

be ‘three of us.’ 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.”

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