The Pop Corporation

The folk tradition is something that is always alive and well, and concerning The Unthanks, ever more so. Good news then, that they have a new double album coming out called ‘The Unthanks in Winter’.

Appropriately you’ll be able to get hold of it and hear it on November 29th and there’s a song you can listen to right now, to whet your appetite.

“Saying goodbye can often be hard,” says Becky Unthank, who wrote the song at home in Northumberland with her partner. “In its bittersweetness, we struggle sometimes to find a satisfying way to part, which is why I’ve always loved the function of a parting song.”

Tune in now.

In typical magpie style, The Unthanks collect and reimagine. You will hear what a Tyneside band playing a German Christmas song in the style of The Beach Boys sounds like (O Tannenbaum); a Spanish carol performed by English folkies through the filter of Tom Wait