"'False Lankum' defies genre while yanking classics into the 21st century... An undeniable work of scale and dynamic builds, with few songs ending sounding as they started" - Guardian points out in favor of their choice of the best album of 2023, released quietly by the Irish folk band Lankum. Check out all the 50 selected.
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.”
Irish contemporary folk band Lankum has shared their new song 'Go Dig My Grave'. The 9-minute single takes a turn into drone-folk territory, bringing swaths of ambient, funeral sonics. 'Go Dig My Grave' announces the band's fourth album 'False Lankum', coming out on Rough Trade Records the 24th of March 2023.
Dublin four-piece Lankum remade traditional songs for their newest album, giving them progressive and ambient touch. The result? - "nothing less than a thorough exploration and devastation of folk’s most conventional tropes is Lankum’s impressive game" - Guardian says in a review.
