Between the Earth and Sky

by Lankum

Between the Earth and Sky cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 October 2017
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Country: Ireland
  • Length: 56:49
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The acclaimed debut album under their new moniker marks the Dublin quartet's transition into a defining force within the modern Irish folk revival. The tracking brilliantly intertwines deeply traditional, unadorned acoustic instruments鈥攕uch as the uilleann pipes and concertina鈥攚ith heavy, ominous vocal harmonies and slow, deliberate drones. The record successfully breathes urgent, contemporary political resonance into centuries-old folk compositions and their own original storytelling.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, melodic, acoustic, protest, political, folk, traditional, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. What Will We Do When We Have No Money? (05:49)
  2. Sergeant William Bailey (05:23)
  3. Peat Bog Soldiers (02:53)
  4. The Townie Polka (06:59)
  5. Bad Luck to the Rolling Water (05:18)
  6. D茅anta in 脡ireann (08:14)
  7. The Granite Gaze (05:35)
  8. The Turkish Reveille (11:45)
  9. Willow Garden (04:53)

Credits

  • Various - primary artist

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