Between The Earth And Sky / Lankum
Label: ROUGH TRADE Catalog: RTRADCD910 Format: CD 1. Will We Do When We Have No Money? 2. Sergeant William Bailey 3. Peat Bog Soldiers 4. The Townie Polka 5. Bad Luck To The Rolling Water 6. Déanta in Éireann 7. The Granite Gaze 8. The Turkish Reveille 9. Willow Garden 10. Harpatamio A quartet of punks turned traditionalists, Lankum bring the energy of their hardcore roots into the Celtic folk mode, bringing passion, politics, noise, and drone to a genre where the change is very welcome. Defying genre conventions despite their use of fiddle, concertina, and pipes - relying equally on traditional “traveller’s songs” and soulful, fiery originals – Lankum are sharply original. A protest band with impeccable chops and brilliant songwriting, Lankum are truly and fiercely in answer to and a balm for our current era of political and social unrest. “Seamlessly weaves together a punk energy, slow boil neo-folk darkness, and plenty of real old-time Dublin street grit into one beautiful whole.” – No Depression “[T]he most convincing folk band to come out of Ireland in years…catapulted from pub sessions to sets on Later With Jools Holland.” – The Guardian Price: $19.98 |