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The Unthanks – review

Howard Assembly Room, LeedsThe Unthanks' startling folk has all the eerie power of their native Northumbria's coast. Backed by trumpet, drums and a female string section reminiscent of Robert Kirby's work with Nick Drake, Adrian McNally's ghostly piano entwines with Rachel and Becky Unthank's extraordinary voices on songs of love and loneliness.The spell is broken by their comical, between-songs banter. Rachel, several months pregnant, carefully explains that the mystical-sounding Gan to the Kye...

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16:58 on March 29 2011

The Unthanks – review

Guardian Music — Howard Assembly Room, LeedsThe Unthanks' startling folk has all the eerie power of their native Northumbria's coast. Backed by trumpet, drums and a female string section ... more info