Listen Carefully with Nathan Jolly
Oct 16, 2026 · 22 min · 8 segments
Kurt Wagner is the singer, songwriter, and driving force behind Nashville band Lambchop, who have just released their 17th studio album, Punching The Clown. Visit lambchop.bandcamp.com for music.
Kurt WagnerGuestNathan JollyHostOne of your crazy ones, especially within your discography, was Floatest, where you started using Auto-Tune-
Um, not necessarily wasn't a vocoder, but it was something that did something similar and many other things as well.
But it was a processing device, and, and I was enamored with it because it enabled me a chance to, like, sing with somebody in real time, and not necessarily having to invite somebody over to sing with me.
Uh, most of the people I work with aren't really singers and don't sing out that way, and I've always sort of yearned to have that experience.
And, um, you know, using voice processing allowed me to do that, and it was super fun.
And, um, I think having done that as a, as a thing for a while allowed me to come around to the idea that, well, maybe I should ask human voices to sing with me, and the choir can emulate a, a lot of the things that, um, that machine can do.
So there, there isn't any processing on, on, on my voice, and even the choir sometimes sounds like it's like Auto-Tuned or something like that, but it's actually them creating that effect with their own voices and how they sing together.
It's, yeah, it's exceptional the way the choir all sits together on this record.
One of your crazy ones, especially within your discography, was Floatest, where you started using Auto-Tune-
Um, not necessarily wasn't a vocoder, but it was something that did something similar and many other things as well.
But it was a processing device, and, and I was enamored with it because it enabled me a chance to, like, sing with somebody in real time, and not necessarily having to invite somebody over to sing with me.
Uh, most of the people I work with aren't really singers and don't sing out that way, and I've always sort of yearned to have that experience.
And, um, you know, using voice processing allowed me to do that, and it was super fun.
And, um, I think having done that as a, as a thing for a while allowed me to come around to the idea that, well, maybe I should ask human voices to sing with me, and the choir can emulate a, a lot of the things that, um, that machine can do.
So there, there isn't any processing on, on, on my voice, and even the choir sometimes sounds like it's like Auto-Tuned or something like that, but it's actually them creating that effect with their own voices and how they sing together.
It's, yeah, it's exceptional the way the choir all sits together on this record.
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