Between the Earth and Sky (Lankum album)

Between the Earth and Sky is the second studio album by Irish folk music group Lankum, released on 27 October 2017 through Rough Trade Records.

[3] The Guardian's Jude Rogers wrote that Lankum "marry the rawness of the Watersons with the roar of Richard Dawson, and eerie drones plunge their coarse, clattering harmonies further into darkness" and that they "inhabit a harsh, uncomfortable world, but a vital one".

[3] The Independent's Andy Gill remarked that Between the Earth and Sky "offers an object lesson in how to perform old songs in new ways, without losing the essential sense of continuity that gives traditional music its timeless appeal".

[6] Ian Maleney of The Irish Times wrote that the album "can feel a little safe" and "a little too tightly bound.

The voices and stories captured here are undoubtedly powerful and necessary, and sometimes quite moving, but there's yet more hidden in the wilds and badlands of tradition than this record admits.