Lankum The Livelong Day

Lankum honour the sacredness of traditional Irish tunes, but allow them to metamorphose, to grow and breathe like the heavy, ancient breath of the Uilleann pipes which seethe beneath the tracks of this studio album on Vinyl. “Drone is a big part of traditional music because the Uilleann pipes are indigenous to Ireland, so we’re ramping up that history and taking it as far as we can.”

This is the idea found at the core of the universe created in The Livelong Day; expanding and emboldening that which is already playing out in history. Alongside the traditional songs on the record, there are two originals, the haunting ‘Young People’ and the tragic beauty of ‘Hunting The Wren’.

With “The Livelong Day”, Lankum have cemented their reputation as one of the most unique and talked about groups to emerge from Ireland in decades.

Disc 1

• 1The Wild Rover

• 2The Young People

• 3Ode to Lullaby

• 4Bear Creek

• 5Katie Cruel

• 6The Dark Eyed Gypsy

• 7The Pride of Petravore

• 8Hunting the Wren