The Livelong Day

Folk is my lowest-rated genre on the user albums list, but this is an incredible album. A true gem that evoked all the feels.

Based on the description, I would have never played this. But it's great.

The Livelong Day is an (dark) folk album by Lankum. Especially the songs "The Wild Rover" and "The Young People" are great. It's a good album, but I prefer their next album False Lankum that offers everything this one does and more. Still this kind of medieval drone folk music with a haunting atmosphere is a great listen.

Actually a banger 5

Wow… this definitely earned a place on a list like this. Some really inventive Irish music - unique experiments going on in the context of a lot of Irish tradition make this well worth the listen! The moody The Pride of Petravore was one of my favorites, but the whole album is a fascinating, entertaining journey.

I thought this was a very effective blend of traditional music foundations with modern and even experimental excursions. Good stuff.

I liked this a lot. I love Irish music, and this was a really interesting blend of traditional-sounding Irish folk but updated with a more modern feel to it. Will definitely listen again and check out their other work. 4 stars.

It takes a little while to heat up, but the last few minutes of Wild Rover are pretty epic. Reminds me a lot of Alt-J. I'm gonna play Katie Cruel whenever my sister is being mean. Definitely kept me more engaged than I initially thought it would. Definitely some dark and heavy folk music.

What a beautifully spooky album with all of the different instruments, especially the strings playing really low tones. Felt like I was in a crazy dream for most of this. Really flew by because I never really knew what was going on but was a great experience.

Fleet Foxes, but turn the lights down. Not something I can see myself ever really reaching for again in my life, but it was rather pleasant. Could make a good soundtrack to a movie, but is a bit too moody for real life. Maybe for a funeral.

I enjoyed this quite a bit more than I expected on the face of it. Quite moody and I thoroughly enjoyed the droning usage throughout. Favorites of mine were closer Hunting the Wren, jaunty The Pride of Petravore, and Ode to Lullaby. Not something I'd listen to a ton, but a solid listen no less. Low 8 in my book -- an unexpected win.

Primal and witchy. Evokes The VVitch or Wicker Man or some shit. Folk music as folk horror. Sublime.

Very traditional Irish folk. Liked this a lot

Surprisingly meditative

Not my cup of tea but appreciate this

Folk. Ni fu ni fa.

Nice album if you are drinking tea on a porch in a foggy Celtic field somewhere

Not bad

Rating : 5/10

I have a feeling that there is a very small niche group of people outside of Ireland that love this kind of music. It’s very much a unique blend of Irish music, folk, and monk chanting. Some of these songs were way too long. This is great if you’re on a spiritual journey but for casual listening it’s not ideal. 4.6/10

Wasn’t really in the mood for some dirges today, Irish or otherwise. The instrumental execution here is incredibly well-done and I can’t fault the band at all for anything technical, I’m just not personally jazzed by this folksy traditional music.