a thread for the unthanks (formerly 'rachel unthank and the winterset')

I think part of the reason I lost them was buying the album for an old mate who grew up in the north east and had set up various folk clubs in Newcastle. He had most of the tracks on The Bairns in his DNA and was kinda scathing about their interpretations (saying they were deliberately melodramatic and overtly sorrowful versions of songs he knew as raucous and wild). I'm far too suggestible and it put me off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyAPZaey7PQ

the melodrama is the whole point!

was wondering what this crew was up to, turns out they have a triple-EP set out on 02/22

http://www.the-unthanks.com/lines/

Lines pt:3 Emily Brönte is up on Spotify, it's as beautiful as you'd hoped it would be.

the other two parts are up as well, in the EPs section

Ah I couldn't find them at first, ta! What's your first impression? I like how sparse it is (pt3)

I've only given it all a cursory listen - there's a lot going on here

idk it's all nice and worthwhile but it feels like an extension of their "Diversions" series as opposed to a proper album of any kind. it feels more like a pretty thesis project than a project to get absorbed by

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgTLkQ76QPM

here's, uh, paul from orbital covering the cure with the Unthanks gals on vocals? it's....really something