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āFalse Lankumā may be modern folk musicās own OK Computerā (Mojo)
LANKUM PERFORMING āFALSE LANKUMā IN FULL
It may well have been the most striking trend of the past year: folk is totally back. Doing so in an exciting capacity. Think: Scotlandās BrƬghde Chaimbeul (with her completely unique sound on small bagpipes), English collective Shovel Dance Collective (with their liberal take on British folk) or Scottish-Danish Clarissa Connelly who has just recently been signed by Warp(!).
However, top draw is Irelandās Lankum whose latest album False Lankum was recently described by Mojo as āmodern folk musicās own OK Computerā. The Guardian, Uncut as well as Loud & Quiet rightly torpedoed False Lankum to Album of the Year. The Guardian even situated Lankum between ālate-period Portishead and Sunn O))) as much as The Watersons and their Irish ancestors Planxty.ā De Volkskrant in a *****-review: āOp het meesterwerk āFalse Lankumā krijgt antieke Ierse muziek een horrorachtig aura.ā
In AB, Lankum will play their third issue and tour de force False Lankum in its entirety.
LANKUM CURATED NIGHT: āTHE PLANET THAT YOUāRE ONā
Last year, Lankum curated an album for monthly mag Uncut entitled The Planet That Youāre On. Frontman Ian Lynch: āItās mostly just stuff we love. But hopefully with one eye on stuff that people might not have heard of. Thereās loads of great Irish artists making a name right now. This is stuff that hasnāt poked its head above the parapet, so to speak. Hopefully itāll be a little less obscure after the CD comes out.ā
AB put its money where its mouth is and asked Lankum to curate an evening containing a handful of Irish acts that we on the mainland should definitely discover. The programme for this instalment will be announced later.
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