Lankum: It’s important to have bands who are in some way accessible

The Irish folk band Lankum talk to the Quietus ahead of their fourth album 'False Lankum'. “I like to think of us as a gateway” - Ian Lynch, the vocalist, piper, concertina player, whistler and multi-instrumentalist describes the idea behind the band - “I think it’s important to have bands who are in some way accessible, then once you’ve got used to those kinds of sounds you’re open to hearing stuff that’s straight-up tradition. It’s like that with any genre, whether you’re talking black metal, noise, or classical music, there’s the outer layer that you have to train your ears to.”