Released: 2006

Released 2007. The second album by Rachel Unthank & The Winterset (and, as it turned out, the last before the reshuffle that created The Unthanks), this album saw the quartet really develop their own voice with hugely atmospheric arrangements tending to centre on multiple vocals and the piano playing of Belinda O'Hooley (Niopha Keegan, incidentally, had replaced Jackie Oates in the fiddle slot). Songs written by or for the group appeared, as well as some unexpected modern covers besides traditional songs, treated with the originality that was becoming an Unthank trademark. The Bairns was nominated for a Mercury award. Read more on Last.fm.