Lamb's latest album '5, was released on 5 May 2011. Jon Thorne again lends his potent double bass to the mix, and Damien Rice turns in a stunning duet on ‘Back To Beginning’,’ but the nucleus of ‘Five’ is stringently and unmistakably Lou and Andy. ‘Another Language’ begins with a chorus of sampled wine glasses, swelling gently with ethereal strings and staccato bass notes before Lou drops her poetry over skittering, shifty rhythms. Inspired by a character in Colum McCann’s novel Let The Great World Spin, ‘She Walks’ is a haunting narrative that throbs with intrigue, while ‘Strong The Root’ pops and bubbles with a mix of organic beats and slaps of doumbek. “Takes a tree to make a leaf. Strong the root underneath,” she coos. The lyric could easily stand as a commentary on Lou and Andy’s creative reawakening. It was also the first track completed for the album. On ‘Existential Itch’ Lou exposes a coquettish, playful tone that recalls shades of Fear Of Fours’ ‘B Line’, but behind the sharp rimshots, hi-hats and funk synth lies a deeper theme that Lou revisits throughout the album: a restless hunger for something that feels slightly out of reach. “Perhaps the dreamer has been hitting against the hard knocks of life and come to a place of wondering if she dare dream anymore,” says Lou. “It all sounds a little dramatic I guess, but it's definitely there and very much a fuel for the writing process on this album.” The sentiment returns on ‘Rounds’, as Lou’s vocals fall like laye