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- Summary: This is the first studio release for the Mercury-nominated British folk band in over four years.
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- Record Label: Rabble Rouser Records
- Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock
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Positive: 8 out of 9
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Mixed: 1 out of 9
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Feb 5, 2015It all adds up to reaffirm that The Unthanks are among the most quietly accomplished groups around.
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Feb 5, 2015It’s a lush, often exquisite set.
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Feb 20, 2015Per usual, it's the Unthanks' acumen for crafting highly refined overcast ballads that ultimately wins out, and some of us are all the better for it.
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Feb 5, 2015The Unthanks have never been gentle background music as some might expect, as they’re always drawn to the darker stories that they can dig up. On Mount The Air, those stories are matched by some sumptuous, confident music, and they sound all the better for it.
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Feb 6, 2015While most folk acts are content to simply keep churning out album after album of tried and tested traditional standards or self-penned campfire sing-alongs, The Unthanks are stretching the parameters of their genre with an ambition that’s rarely been heard before.
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MojoFeb 13, 2015An album of studied precision and endless textures. [Mar 2014, p.95]
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Feb 9, 2015Two 10-minute pieces relegate song and vocals to second place behind ambitious but lumbering orchestration--producer Adrian McNally is, alas, no Gil Evans.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Jun 19, 2015
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