
Out of Tomorrows: Members of Landless and Lankum Combine To Create Poor Creature's Spectral Folk - Stereoboard
Ruth Clinton and Cormac MacDiarmada have entranced audiences with their contemporary takes on traditional Irish folk in their respective bands Landless and Lankum and both had contributed to each other’s records. So, when the couple were confined to their home in Sligo during lockdown, it was only natural that a new collaboration was born.
With The Jimmy Cake’s John Dermody joining later on drums and percussion, the newly formed Poor Creature turned those initial experiments into a captivating, otherworldly debut album called ‘All Smiles Tonight’, which features a mix of traditional songs reimagined and given a unique, personal approach, all sharing a unifying theme of loss and separation.
With The Jimmy Cake’s John Dermody joining later on drums and percussion, the newly formed Poor Creature turned those initial experiments into a captivating, otherworldly debut album called ‘All Smiles Tonight’, which features a mix of traditional songs reimagined and given a unique, personal approach, all sharing a unifying theme of loss and separation.