Unfortunately I can’t edit the word prog out if it now.

I’ve tried talking about their music and its context but you seem to just want to be right about a definition. Define it how you wish.

I think of it as progressive as Lankum are expanding the existing boundaries of the form by introducing elements of metal, post-rock, doom etc.

It’s experimental and the song structures and production aren’t like any other in Irish folk. They take traditional songs and turn them into something entirely new (eg their version of The Wild Rover).

Compared to much Irish folk music, which can be strongly traditional and sometimes conservative.

A bit like how the Pogues reshaped Irish music by introducing a punk ethos (the Lynch brothers were in a punk band back in the day afaik). Not comparable to the cartoonish Irish-American bands.

They are also strongly political in their song choice and their own lyrics, whether singing about anti-fascism, colonialism, inequality or youth suicide. I see them as this kind of progressive too.

That’s why I think they’re such a special band and the most exciting in Irish folk music since the Pogues. Sorry for the long response but wanted to explain my own thoughts.

That is a great one. I haven’t seen them play since the Lynched days. I’m sure they’ll tour this one.

Glad you enjoyed it! I think they’re the most important band for Irish folk music since the Pogues.

Worth having a listen to their earlier work too. Radie Peat is a phenomenal singer. https://youtu.be/96xvKHDD8YE

I’ve a feeling this new album will be among the best this year, they just keep getting better.

And excellent live if you get a chance to see them.

They are brilliant. Don’t know if you heard Ian Lynch’s solo project One Leg One Eye but it’s even darker. https://nyahhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/and-take-the-black-worm-with-me

He also has a podcast Fire Draw Near where he does a deep dive into Irish folk music: https://m.soundcloud.com/firedrawnear/died-for-love-the-butcher-boy