A band out of Nashville who are as distant from what now passes for country in the genre's capital as is possible, and whose ambitions far outreach the rigid aesthetic of contemporary Americana, Lambchop have made a career of confounding expectations.

This compilation of 17 B-sides and rarities is proof of their uniqueness. Frequently brilliantly titled (Cigarettiquette, Loretta Lung), the songs take in clattery, driving rock and slow burning southern soul, lambent with pedal steel; Kurt Wagner speak-sings almost to himself, folding a world of wit, disarming frankness and human frailty into what feels like the most intimate confessional. Songs like Soaky in the Pooper and The Gettysburg Address are small miracles, and quite overwhelming.