{"id":18391,"date":"2026-02-09T06:21:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=18391"},"modified":"2026-02-09T06:22:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:22:39","slug":"one-leg-one-eye-and-take-the-black-worm-with-me-lankum-co-founder-revamps-solo-album-and-tours-europe-with-godspeed-you-black-emperor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=18391","title":{"rendered":"ONE LEG ONE EYE : ‘…And Take The Black Worm With Me’ – Lankum co-founder revamps solo album and tours Europe with Godspeed You! Black Emperor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One Leg One Eye<\/strong> is the solo project of Ian Lynch (founding member of experimental folk Irish group Lankum) and live member George Brennan. Begun in 2021, it explores submerged leylines of music and song and draws on the raw aesthetics of black metal, folk, noise and drone while also being deeply imbued with a sense of Irish history and myth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the course of a year, Lynch enjoyed the freedom of experimenting and exploring different paths of sound design without expectation or pressure. Seeking out interesting settings to record music and gather field recordings, he explored rediscovered spaces in Dublin and familiar interior spaces. He frequently visited the abandoned warehouse where his father had worked and sang with his shruti box, content in his solitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CD<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0| \u00a0Bandcamp CD & digital<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


The result was \u2018\u2026And Take The Black Worm With Me\u2019, an album with a distinct and sometimes harrowing drone-folk atmosphere conjured throughout its lengthy and enveloping compositions, an eerily beautiful sadness resonating throughout. Widely praised upon release in a long sold out CD pressing on Nyahh Records in 2022, Cold Spring now presents this incredible album with an exclusive bonus track, ‘Sympathetic Invertebrate Ritual\u2019, that was recorded especially for this new edition.

“An immersive world of created sounds and raw, resonant singing… dazzling sounds…\u00a0 gorgeousness and menace… lyrics carrying oceans of sadness 5\/5”<\/em><\/strong> – The Guardian<\/p>\n\n\n\n


“Lynch’s brand of gnarled trad feels heavy with solipsism \u2013 a loud, lone voice in the dark, accompanied only by its surroundings 4\/5\u201d<\/em><\/strong> – Songlines<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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