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  • Diversions, Volume 1: The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony & The Johnsons (2011)
    1. Bird Gerhl
    2. Man Is The Baby
    3. You Are My Sister
    4. For Today I Am A Boy
    5. Paddy's Gone
    6. Spiralling
    7. Stay Tuned
    8. Dondestan
    9. Lullaby For Hamza
    10. Lisp Service
    11. Free Will And Testament
    12. Out Of The Blue
    13. Cuckoo Madame
    14. Sea Song
    15. Forest (excerpt)

    The first of the Unthanks' Diversions albums (at least three) is a full live concert performance. And as the subtitle says, it's a selection of songs by Robert Wyatt or Antony & The Johnsons. One of these, 'Sea Song', was already known to Unthank followers from appearing on 'The Bairns' (recorded under the old Rachel Unthank & the Winterset moniker) is recognisably similar here. The rest are first recorded by this group for this album, and are adapted fairly thoroughly into its remarkable idiom. Diversions 2 and 3 are not very closely connected albums, one collaborating with one of northern England's finest brass bands, and the other exploring a longstanding interest in the shipbuilding industry through the songs to emerge from it. Read more on Last.fm.