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Start Date: January 24, 2019
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Lines is a trilogy of song cycles, with very different subjects but each inspired by poetry and focused on a different female perspective. The Lines in Part One-Lillian Bilocca, a campaigner for fishermen's rights, were written by actor Maxine Peake and turned into song by Adrian McNally; The Lines in Part Two-World War One were originally written in 2014 for a project marking the opening year of the World War One centenary. The Unthanks decided to record and release them in this, the final year; The Lines in Part Three-Emily Bronte, feature a collection of Emily Brontë poems, turned into songs by Yorkshire-born Unthanks pianist and composer Adrian McNally and played on Emily's own piano in the Parsonage in Haworth where she lived and worked.
This special slip-cased 3 x 10" vinyl set contains all three volumes, performed by Rachel & Becky Unthank (voice), Adrian McNally (piano, voice) along with guests Niopha Keegan (violin, harmonium, voice; Chris Price (bass, lap steel, voice); Martin Douglas (drums); Sam Lee & Tim Dalling (voice); Ben Lee, Chrissie Slater, Gemma Kost (strings). Disc: 1   1. Lillian (Prelude)
  2. A Whistling Woman
  3. The Sea Is A Woman
  4. Lonesome Cowboy
  5. Lillian II (The Banqueting Hall Scene)

Disc: 2   1. Roland And Vera
  2. Everyone Sang
  3. War Film
  4. Breakfast
  5. Suicide In The Trenches
  6. Socks

Disc: 3   1. The Parsonage
  2. Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee
  3. High Waving Heather
  4. She Dried Her Tears And They Did Smile
  5. The Night Is Darkening Around Me
  6. Deep Deep Down In The Silent Grave
  7. Lines
  8. Remembrance
  9. O Evening Why
  10. I'm Happiest When Most Away