Here's the Tender Coming

Winterset are back with a name tweak (The Unthanks), revised line-up and a brand new album that rests not one jot on the incomparable sound that has earned them admirers from the ranks of Radiohead, Portishead, Robert Wyatt, Ben Folds, Nic Jones, Ewan McGregor and Nick Hornby..

Forging links between folk worlds old, new and other, Rachel and her set have blown a bracing north-easterly gale through traditional English song since the release of their debut album 'Cruel Sister', which was nominated MOJO's 'Folk Album of the Year' in 2005. Their second album, 2007's 'The Bairns', received the rare distinction of being nominated for a Mercury Prize. After which they visited NZ for Womad.

While the abbreviated name reflects the long-established reality that the band is co-fronted by Rachel Unthank's sister Becky Unthank, the real development on the new album sees an extended arrangement approach that includes drums and bass, all kinds of tuned percussion, strings and brass.

"Even more satisfying, compelling and varied than the Mercury-nominated The Bairns. Haunting, original and magnificent"
- The Guardian (4 stars)

"An exquisite mixture of light and dark, instinct and artistry"
- Uncut (4 stars)

"Absolutely exquisite. A real work of art. I will be playing it at least forever."
- Paul Morley