False Lankum

by Lankum

False Lankum cover art

'False Lankum' reimagines traditional folk songs through a modern, experimental lens, juxtaposing stark, drone-based arrangements and passages of intense, atmospheric noise against moments of delicate vocal beauty. The album deconstructs historical ballads and maritime songs, creating an immersive and seamless listening experience that is both bleak and transcendent. Winning the RTÉ Choice Music Prize and earning a Mercury Prize nomination, the record was critically lauded as a landmark work that radically expanded the boundaries of contemporary folk.

Genres

  • Irish Folk Music
  • Avant-Folk

Tracklist

  1. Go Dig My Grave
  2. Clear Away in the Morning
  3. Fugue I
  4. Master Crowley's
  5. Newcastle
  6. Fugue II
  7. Netta Perseus
  8. The New York Trader
  9. Lord Abore and Mary Flynn
  10. Fugue III
  11. On a Monday Morning
  12. The Turn