Here's the Tender Coming

Here's the Tender Coming
Studio album by
The Unthanks
Released14 September 2009 (UK);
23 March 2010 (USA and Canada)
GenreFolk
Length55:02
LabelRabble Rouser (UK); Rough Trade Records/EMI (USA and Canada)
ProducerAdrian McNally
The Unthanks chronology
The Bairns
(2007) 		Here's the Tender Coming
(2009) 		Last
(2011)
Singles from Here's the Tender Coming
  1. "Lucky Gilchrist"
    Released: 30 November 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Northern Sky magazine[1]
The Observer[2]
The Guardian[3]
UNCUT[4]
AllMusic[5]
PopMatters[6]
Spin[7]
The Boston Phoenix

Here's the Tender Coming, the third album by English folk group the Unthanks, and the first under The Unthanks moniker, was released in the United Kingdom on 14 September 2009[8] and in North America on 23 March 2010.[9] It was Folk Album of the Year for Mojo and received four-starred reviews from The Observer and The Guardian.[2][3] In the sleeve notes for the album, Rachel Unthank said that although the Tender in the album's title track refers to the boat that is on its way to press men to sea, "the title of this song seemed to encapsulate for us the feeling of our new album, which is perhaps calmer and a little warmer in contrast to the stark bleakness of The Bairns".[10]

  1. ^ Allan Wilkinson (2009). "The Unthanks – Here's the Tender Coming (EMI)". Northern Sky magazine. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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  5. ^ Chris Nickson. "The Unthanks: Here's the Tender Coming". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  6. ^ Steve Horowitz (27 May 2010). "The Unthanks: Here's the Tender Coming". PopMatters. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  7. ^ Amanda Petrusich (April 2010). "Sisters' haunting voices tell brutal, brooding tales)". Spin. p. 92. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. ^ Steve Drayton (4 September 2011). "BBC Introducing: New name and sound for The Unthanks". BBC Local/Tyne, BBC website. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  9. ^ Craig McLean (1 May 2010). "Strum and Drang". Billboard. p. 14. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sleeve was invoked but never defined (see the help page).