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The Unthanks have been described as “a take on tradition that flips so effortlessly between jazz, classical, ambient and post-rock, it makes any attempt to put a label on them a waste of time”.
Using the traditional music of the North East of England as a starting point, the influence of Miles Davis, Steve Reich, Sufjan Stevens, Robert Wyatt, Antony & The Johnsons, King Crimson and Tom Waits makes The Unthanks a unique band, earning them a Mercury Music Prize nomination and international acclaim along the way.
“The Unthanks are capable of such beauty that sometimes I can hardly bear to listen to them.”Martin Freeman
“There are few times when you discover a band and they stalk immediately to the heart of everything you love and hold dear.”Maxine Peake
“They run from the very root of folk music to the very tip of the branch.”Elvis Costello