Lankum
“Wrangling Irish folk into new territory, the group’s stunning harmonies lead us through delicate beauty and nightmarish cacophony.”
Tshepo Mokoena, The Guardian, #1 Album Of The Year
“More like an exorcism than a gig… a magnificent assault on the senses and a set rich in hypnotic tales of woe.”
Kitty Empire, The Guardian
“By some measures their most ambitious in terms of instrumentation arrangements and the sheer creation of atmosphere.”
Rob Young, Uncut, #1 Album Of The Year
“A record that captures the sublimity and scale of an entire ocean.”
Patrick Clarke, The Quietus, #1 Album of The Year
“Incredible.”
Loud & Quiet, #1 Album Of The Year
“They take songs that trace back to lost worlds and make them sound instead like a future built on the ruins of today.”
Ryan Leas, Pitchfork
“This may be modern folk music’s own OK Computer.”
Jim Wirth, MOJO, #3 Album of The Year
“It’s a stunner… apocalyptic, a brooding slow-burn that builds to a state of intense droning terror… it’s among the more haunting works of art I’ve experienced lately.”
Chris Deville, Stereogum
Lankum is an Irish quartet comprising Ian Lynch, Daragh Lynch, Radie Peat and Cormac MacDiarmada. The band have consolidated their reputation as one of Ireland’s most important voices following the release of their fourth Mercury-nominated album False Lankum. Released on Rough Trade in 2023, it has garnered critical acclaim across the board and brought their music to legions of devoted new fans. False Lankum is conceived as a single piece of music, comprising 12 interconnected songs that unfold across an epic 70-minute duration. Drawing on traditional songs and primitive techniques, the band have created an immersive, psychedelic listening experience, incorporating experimental overtones and rumbling drones wedded with classic songwriting and timeless narratives. Performing a run of sold out shows in support of the new record, the Lankum live show has evolved into a modern day powerhouse, with the band’s acoustic instrumentation (uilleann pipes, fiddle, accordion, guitar, tin whistle and percussion) and close-harmony vocals transforming into a vast, kaleidoscopic wall of sound.