Monday 7 March 2011

The Unthanks - 'Last'

Anyone who's fallen under the spell of Rachel and Becky Unthank will be pleased to hear there's a new album out next week. 'Last' is an odd name for an album that isn't their last album, but it's a song written by Rachel's husband (and Unthanks pianist) Adrian McNally and it was chosen as the title song. There's a nice write-up about the album and background to it here.

I'm looking forward to this album with a mixture of longing and trepidation - the Unthanks lasses have recorded some beautiful music and, on their last two albums in particular, there's at least one song per album to bring tears to the eyes. Can they do it again?

The album is out on Monday 14 March so buy it and play it lots.

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