Lau: Race the Loser – review

(Reveal)Thrice winner of BBC Folk's best group award, the Scots trio deserve their garlands. On this third album, they again transmute traditional elements – drones, reels, highland melodies – into elegant chamber folk whose orchestral richness far exceeds the normal limits of fiddle, accordion and guitar. Northern shores provide inspiration for soundscapes such as Far From Portland and Torsa that move between drama and contemplative serenity, but an undertow of electronica is also in play, ...

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