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Milkweed’s latest collection draws inspiration from the mythological tales of early Irish literature, taking as its source text The Tin, translated by Thomas Kinsella from the Irish epic Tin B Cuailnge. While put by critics into the frameworks of lo-fi folk, hauntology or experimental hip-hop, the duo describe their sound as ‘Slacker Trad’ which is both true and somehow insufficient. On the face of it their musical concerns are transatlantic -they follow the rich creative line that runs between British traditional music and the songs and tunes of the eastern United States. In reality their scope is global, and rooted in deep time, with influences from prehistory bleeding into a troubled and troubling modern era. As a result their music doesn’t sit easily anywhere, but ricochets between bewitching Appalachian folk music and disconcerting hauntological experimentation