Two North-Eastern, Mercury Prize-nominated artists from different musical worlds – Rachel Unthank (The Unthanks) and Paul Smith (Maximo Park) – find common ground with an exploratory merging of voices and acoustic sounds.
A shared interest in folk music, particularly from the North East has led to a raw and atmospheric collaboration featuring traditional and original songs.
Co-produced by David Brewis of Field Music, their new album features Faye MacCalman of emerging avant-jazz group Archipelago on clarinet, and exploratory drums by Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy/Alasdair Roberts collaborator Alex Neilson, of Trembling Bells fame.
