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The Unthanks
- Record Label: Rabble Rouser Records
- Release Date: May 26, 2017
- Summary: The folk group's fourth full-length album features interpretations of the songs Molly Drake recorded in the 1950s (and released in 2013) with readings of her poems by her daughter, Gabrielle Drake.
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- Record Label: Rabble Rouser Records
- Genre(s): Folk
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May 24, 2017Realised here in more expressive interpretations, and interspersed with poems read by her daughter, the actress Gabrielle Drake, these songs are full of acute observations, deft allusions and metaphors, and the subtlest of emotional revelations, wielded with an English restraint redolent with the aromas of freshly-mowed lawns and cucumber sandwiches.
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MojoMay 24, 2017Aided by Gabrielle Drake's spoken word and arrangements that vary between bare, the lyrical and the dreamy, it makes for a most moving collection. [Jul 2017, p.92]
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Jun 5, 2017As a tribute to Molly Drake and an effective realisation of her music’s full potential for the listener, it’s a resounding success.
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The WireAug 8, 2017Just as these wise, bittersweet, intimate and wry songs and poems about love and the everyday have a life of their own beyond being haunted by the Nick Drake legacy, so too The Unthanks’ quietly scholarly interpretation of Molly Drake has a distinctive and nuanced self-assuredness. [Jul 2017, p.54]
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Aug 17, 2017This is intimate, timeless music performed with respect, tenderness and a heavy heart. Just another Unthanks record then.
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UncutMay 24, 2017Restraint is the key, the luminous harmonies of Rachel and Becky Unthank, backed by Adrian McNally's minimal piano and the discreet textures of violinist Niopha Keegan, spotlighting the wistful poignancy at the heart of these delicate compositions. [Jul 2017, p.40]
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May 24, 2017A wistful, autumnal collection.