"They make my heart beat faster, or smile a lot, or cry. I'm glad to be around at the same time as them."
Martin Freeman

The Unthanks seem to regard folk music the same way Miles Davis regarded jazz: as a launch pad for exploring the wider possibilities.” Uncut Magazine

“Just beautiful” Lauren Laverne

Nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and the only British folk representation in The Guardian’s and Uncut’s best albums of last decade (worldwide, all genres).

Notable fans - Martin Freeman, Elvis Costello, Colin Firth, Robert Wyatt, Portishead, Radiohead, Ben Folds, Antony Hegarty, Ryan Adams, Rosanne Cash, Dawn French, Matt Lucas, Al Murray, Paul Morley, Ewan McGregor, Nick Hornby.

“Rachel and Becky's voices are one of the true wonders of 21st-century music" NME

‘Intimate, epic, overflowing with feeling and musical intelligence’ The Independent

Music of a grim, Cold War Britain (2010-2025).

Aside from the odd project, Concretism is now mothballed. I'm doing other things elsewhere.

Sorry, I cancelled my 'pro' account on here, so my massive back catalogue going back to 2010 is no longer available. It just wasn't worth the £80 a year.

You can still buy my old stuff on Bandcamp:

https://concretism.bandcamp.com/

Chris, June 2025.

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