Mount the Air
Fresh off of a trio of excellent, largely conceptual live recordings that found the Unthanks taking on the songs of Antony & the Johnsons and Robert Wyatt, collaborating with the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band, and exploring the region's rich tradition of seafaring, the group returns with their first studio effort since 2011's Last.
The much extolled olde-worlde storytelling of The Unthanks has won them an impressive array of famous admirers, everyone from Ryan Adams to Dawn French.
The Unthank sisters’ first studio album for four years recreates the haunting atmospheres of their early work
The Unthanks plumb the dark underbelly of the traditional while striding boldly out into wilder musical landscapes, says Helen Brown