Music / folkemusik

Strangers


Reviews (3)


The guardian

d. 28. Sep. 2017

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Jude Rogers

d. 28. Sep. 2017

"Twice winners of Radio 2's best folk group award, the Young'uns tackle urgent, largely contemporary real-life stories on Strangers, galvanising them with bullish harmonies and rousing folk melodies ... [Some] moments can feel overly worthy, but when the humour crackles, these songs skyrocket".


Folk radio UK

d. 29. Sep. 2017

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Thomas Blake

d. 29. Sep. 2017

"Despite the hardships it describes, there is barely a moment on this album that doesn't hum with positivity. The Young'uns have perfected a sound that is as unique as it is uplifting, and it would be no surprise if their already burgeoning popularity were to rise to even greater heights".


fRoots

2017 October

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Colin Irwin

2017 October

"It would be easy to dismiss them merely as decent inheritors of a well-trodden vocal tradition ... The difference is the material. Specifically the excellent songwriting of Sean Cooney, and this collection surely marks his arrival as one of the very best of the modern day. Real songs about real people in real situations ... "A homage to the outsider; a eulogy for the wayfarer; a hymn for the migrant" declares the sub-title and, with joyous harmonies and Cooney's lyrical detail, each track sounds like an enticing vignette of a blockbuster movie ... At different times poignant, provocative, funny, beautiful and celebratory, this fourth studio album should finally bury the illusion that great live groups can never successfully transfer their unique strengths from stage to studio".