They play 30 instruments, blasting out a dense strain of folk with the crushing power of heavy metal. We meets Ireland's experimental noise-makers as they look set to scoop the Mercury prize Seated around a table in a Dublin pub, the four members of Lankum are explaining what singer and multi-instrumentalist Ian Lynch calls the "mental strain" of performing their brand of folk music live. Part of the problem, he says, is the sheer number of instruments involved. "We've got about 30, across every...
'We are extreme' ... how Lankum's heavy mutant folk made them Mercury favourites
The Guardian - 4 Sep 2023 17:14
They play 30 instruments, blasting out a dense strain of folk with the crushing power of heavy metal. We meets Ireland's experimental noise-makers as they look set to scoop the Mercury prize Seated around a table in a Dublin pub, the four members of Lankum are explaining what singer and multi-instrumentalist Ian Lynch calls the "mental strain" of performing their brand of folk music live. Part of the problem, he says, is the sheer number of instruments involved. "We've got about 30, across every...
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