Lines by The Unthanks

The new Emily Brontë-inspired Unthanks album, Lines,  can be already pre-ordered on the band's website:

Lines is a trilogy of song cycles inspired by poetry, focusing on three female perspectives across time - writer Emily Brontë, World War One poets, and British Hull fishing worker Lillian Bilocca. Available as 'medium play' records on 10" vinyl, CD and download, they can be bought separately or together in an unshouty slipcase.

EXCLUSIVE EXTRA TRACK
Buy the full trilogy in neat slipcase for no extra cost and receive an extra Emily Brontë track, only available to buyers of the trilogy direct from us.

PRE-ORDER NOW FOR SHIPPING DEC 7TH. LINES IS ONLY AVAILABLE FROM THE UNTHANKS WEBSITE UNTIL GENERAL RELEASE ON FEB 22ND.

Part Three - Emily Brontë

The final record in this trilogy is collection of ten poems by Emily Brontë, turned into song by Unthanks pianist Adrian McNally. Commissioned by the Brontë Society to mark Emily's 200th Birthday, McNally wrote and recorded them on her original piano in The Parsonage where she grew up, performed with bandmates Rachel and Becky Unthank. With the Brontë Parsonage now a working museum of course, the writing and recording had to take place after nightfall. Composer, pianist and producer Adrian McNally wrote the music for the whole record in his first evening at Emily's piano (a rare example of a 5 octave cabinet piano probably made in London between 1810 and 1815), before spending the rest of the residency working on the songs by day on a beautiful German upright at his lodgings in nearby Ponden Hall - another house associated with the Brontës. He would then take his work-in progress into the Parsonage to road test them on Emily's piano in the evenings, before weeks later, returning with Rachel and Becky Unthank to record the songs.

The Parsonage
Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee
High Waving Heather
She Dried Her Tears And They Did Smile
The Night Is Darkening Round Me
Deep Deep Down In The Silent Grave
Lines
Remembrance
O Evening Why
I'm Happiest When Most Away

Words by Emily Brontë
Music by Adrian McNally, arranged by Adrian McNally, Rachel Unthank, Becky Unthank.

Except Remembrance (Words: Emily Brontë / Music: Rachel Unthank / Adrian McNally arr. by Adrian McNally, Rachel Unthank, Becky Unthank, based on a traditional tune.)