The Unthanks
Not long ago Janey Mac (and her huge heart) took me to see ‘The Unthanks’ at Union Chapel and I had no clue what to expect. We got caught in a downpour just before reaching Union Chapel so the steam was rising as we took to our pew to endure the support act – turdy, really turdy but we laughed and sort of shuddered and got through the pain together. No booze in the Chapel so we sober and ready. Then ‘The Unthanks’. Man, I have no idea how to put into words the effect that they cause, but it wells up and then emanates from them, you, the people in the seats below. And then there’s the clogs and dresses.
Totally magical. It made me feel like a girl – warm, soft and full of tingles in my cheeks and water in my eyes. I’d like to breathe it all in again.
