In Winter (Unthanks album)

In Winter
Studio album by The Unthanks
Released	29 November 2024 (UK)
Genre	Folk
Label	UK: RabbleRouser Music RRM029 (2 CD)/ RRM029LP (2 LP)
Producer	Adrian McNally
The Unthanks chronology
Sorrows Away (2022) In Winter (2024)
Singles from In Winter
"Dear Companions" Released: 21 October 2024

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Times	[1]
Financial Times	[2]
The Arts Desk	[3]
Spiral Earth	[4]
Americana UK	[5]

In Winter, a double album by English folk group the Unthanks, was released on 29 November 2024. It received a four-starred review in the Financial Times and a five-starred review in The Times .

Personnel

The Unthanks

• Rachel Unthank – voice
• Becky Unthank – voice
• Niopha Keegan – violin, viola, voice
• Adrian McNally  – pianos, harmonium, voice, drums
• Chris Price – voice, double bass, electric bass

Additional musicians

• Dan Rogers – double bass, electric bass, celeste, voice
• Faye MacCalman – saxophone, clarinet, voice
• Will Hammond – vibraphone, jingle bells, drums, harmonium, celeste, voice
• Jane Nossek – violin
• Chrissie Slater – viola
• Gabriel Waite – cello

References

1. Will Hodgkinson (12 December 2024). "The best and worst Christmas albums of 2024". The Times . Retrieved 22 December 2024. while the gold standard of the seasonal folk album remains the Watersons' 1965 classic Frost and Fire, this elegant evocation of winter's moods is beautiful, atmospheric and profound enough to take its place alongside it.
2. David Honigmann (10 December 2024). "The Unthanks: In Winter review – a bleak, lovely Christmas folk album". Financial Times . Retrieved 21 December 2024.
3. Guy Oddy (7 December 2024). "Album: The Unthanks – In Winter. An atmospheric Northumbrian folkie Christmas". The Arts Desk . Retrieved 16 October 2025.
4. Simon Jones (8 December 2024). "In Winter – The Unthanks". Spiral Earth . Retrieved 16 October 2025.
5. Jonathan Aird (5 December 2024). "The Unthanks "In Winter"". Americana UK. Retrieved 16 October 2025.