Eskimo Snow

by WHY?

Eskimo Snow cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 September 2009
  • Label: Anticon
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:05:26
  • Community rating: 2.92/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Rachel Unthank & The Winterset, Neil Harland, Michael Gerrard, Belinda O'Hooley, Iona Brown, Andr茅 Swanepoel, Rosie Biss

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded during the same sessions as their acclaimed 'Alopecia', this companion album eschews the group's signature indie-rap hybrid in favor of straightforward, piano-driven alternative pop. Yoni Wolf鈥檚 confessional, densely poetic lyricism takes center stage over delicate, subdued band arrangements. The record presents a highly intimate and introspective counterpart to its more cynical predecessor.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, death, melodic, existential

Tracklist

  1. Felton Lonnin (7:23)
  2. Lull I (1:23)
  3. Blue Bleezing Blind Drunk (5:13)
  4. I Wish (6:24)
  5. Blue's Gaen Oot O'The Fashion (4:31)
  6. Lull II : My Lad's A Canny Lad (0:23)
  7. Blackbird (2:53)
  8. Lull III : A Minor Place (0:22)
  9. Sea Song (6:19)
  10. Whitethorn (6:04)
  11. Lull IV : Can't Stop It Raining (1:45)
  12. My Donald (8:06)
  13. Ma Bonny Lad (1:57)
  14. Fareweel Regality (6:20)
  15. Newcastle Lullaby (6:23)

Credits

  • Rachel Unthank & The Winterset - primary artist, arranged by
  • Steven Wainwright - artwork
  • Rachel Unthank - cello, percussion [feet], ukulele, vocals
  • Niopha Keegan - fiddle, vocals
  • Belinda O'Hooley - piano, vocals, written-by
  • Becky Unthank - vocals
  • Traditional - written-by
  • Rosie Biss - cello

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