Here's the Tender Coming

Here's the Tender Coming
Studio album by
Released14 September 2009 (UK);
23 March 2010 (USA and Canada)
GenreFolk
Length55:02
LabelRabble Rouser (UK); Rough Trade Records/EMI (USA and Canada)
ProducerAdrian McNally
The Unthanks chronology
The Bairns
(2007)
Here's the Tender Coming
(2009)
Last
(2011)
Singles from Here's the Tender Coming
  1. "Lucky Gilchrist"
    Released: 30 November 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Boston Phoenix
The Guardian
Mojo
The Observer
PopMatters8/10
Q
Spin8/10
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Here's the Tender Coming, the third album by English folk group the Unthanks, and the first under The Unthanks moniker, was released in the United Kingdom on 14 September 2009 and in North America on 23 March 2010. It was Folk Album of the Year for Mojo and received four-starred reviews from The Observer and The Guardian. In the sleeve notes for the album, Rachel Unthank said that although the Tender in the album's title track refers to the boat that is on its way to press men to sea, "the title of this song seemed to encapsulate for us the feeling of our new album, which is perhaps calmer and a little warmer in contrast to the stark bleakness of The Bairns".