Lankum - Go Dig My Grave (Official Video)

[@Lankum]

If you're interested in learning more about this song, its background and recorded versions from Ireland, the UK and North America (including the one we learnt this from) then check out the Fire Draw Near podcast episode Go Dig My Grave / Died For Love / The Butcher Boy! Ian x soundcloud.com/firedrawnear/died-for-love-the-butcher-boy

[@leepizarro]

Beautiful, I can hear all those things, even blondie, not taking the piss.

[@hansmemling7605]

thank you for this! I will check it out.

[@theshanvans]

Sár caoineadh, galánta dorcha. Maith sibh ar fad 🖤

[@cahillgreg]

@@theshanvans My D in pass Leaving cert Irish (1979) & Duolingo tells me that you mentioned ... ..., ... dark. Well done (plural) to you.

[@cymrucat]

England Northern Ireland Scotland and Wales we are not the UK anymore any true celt will tell you any that won't can go to hell or London

[@sammason3792]

Record exec; "The last album was class lads, you're getting very popular. Maybe lean into the accessible acoustic folk numbers and we can hit the mainstream" Lankum; "9 minute funeral dirge from hell, yep" Brilliant shtuff x

[@jasongairn]

Bravo!

[@ObrienXp]

and that's what we love them for!

[@DisaFink]

Oh, yeah!

[@tzaph67]

@@ObrienXp Absolutely!

[@michaelwinch24]

I'm here for the Dirges

[@MrImastinker]

"At least I die on the side of honor." "Is there still such a thing?" Rebel Moon, here we come.

[@효효지]

Hi, I am an Asian who has never been to Western countries including Ireland. But I can feel the power and message in Lankum's songs. I was really impressed with this song. I don't understand the lyrics at once, but I'm excited to listen to them several times and understand lyrics gradually. I'll make sure to listen to the link that you shared. Thank you ❤

[@TheRealCorcra]

The song tells a story of a woman who falls in love with a railway worker. She gets her heart broken by him and her father finds that she hanged herself in the upstairs of there home. Her father cuts her down and finds a letter tucked into her shirt.

[@deciousness]

Maybe it's the defiant soul in her voice...the disjointed sounds too

[@williamblake3752]

Pain and longing transcend the trappings of language

[@rickpick9058]

Yes, as does music on occasion

[@Oooo-bi7bi]

Which country in Asia are you in. They say we can understand many languages intuitively. Music is a language we feel and live. You must visit if you’re heart is yearning.

[@thelastchannel8562]

If the world today had a soundtrack, this would be it.

[@jasonesapp]

Zack Snyder agrees

[@romilrh]

Looked for this IMMEDIATELY after watching the first episode of *Say Nothing.* Chills. All over my body.

[@Mormegil3019]

When you cannot decide whether you are in the mood for traditional Irish tunes or doom metal, then you have but to turn to Lankum.

[@carlosluis1970]

yes!

[@franckherrmannsen7903]

that observation is quite on point

[@daverice2426]

I was going to say Fairport Convention or Scott Walker but fully agree with you too

[@quintinsweat]

Say Nothing brought me here. That first episode was 🔥 and this song made the ending 👨🏾‍🍳 💋

[@valloneMH]

Right...oppressed people and their cultures should be re-evaluated & emerging soon...Goidelic + Brittonic Celts (including Bretons), Occitans, Kurdish, Native Americans, Rohingya...and other dozens of such !

[@yurifrank4537]

Rebellious Moon Button

[@PlanetVeldt]

The Zack Snyder influence is insane. He is the brand. Id hate him too if I had no power in Hollywood

[@Universal_Pig]

That sound evokes so exactly the sick feeling when something really terrible happens in your life and you feel like you’ve stepped in to a waking nightmare. Unreal. 🔥🔥

[@MS-gd8px]

Just discovered both this band and song on r/listentothis under the genre of "Irish Doom Folk" and yeah...can confirm thats an appropriate category.

[@cmxsprt]

This song sounds like a story I know…. 😢🇨🇦

[@DiarmuidHayes]

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@CheshireCatize]

Do you do children's birthday parties?

[@roseannemain9957]

😂 🎉

[@delboye1539]

🤣

[@tormacsaba2211]

😂

[@storiesincolour5205]

Ye ought ta be on yonder stage ye self, veritably

[@sulopez9905]

😂

[@timk6181]

Woah this is like if Swans were an Irish folk band. Wow absolutely love it.

[@duhusker4383]

I also thought of Swans and Michael Gira when I first heard this song. This is a brilliant song and False Lankum an amazing album.

[@brendanlowther6296]

Ah the one who remembers swan , good onya mate 🇦🇺

[@davec1117]

My first thought as well!

[@michaelnannestad7399]

I have a Swans double cd from America,which cost rather a lot of dollars,if I recall... This is rather jolly too.I may have to invest further;-)

[@Matt-mk8ph]

It feels like the first half of the song is a soldier preparing for war, and the second half is them fighting it.

[@popcornbuster752]

Rebel Moon Trailer Song

[@gabhanachdenogla8342]

Chomh milis le mil agus chomh garbh le gaineamh - iontach lads!

[@toslinked]

fearless bands are rare these days. fly lankum!

[@MatthiasLindemann-hp2zr]

I saw the "Rebel Moon: Director's Cut" trailer and suddenly I was here. Pure magic.

[@Kris-Rebel]

Today I watched the trailer for the director's cut of Rebel Moon. And watched it again. Because of the music. There were no credits but I tried to find the lyrics and looked for "something irish". And here I am. The song is even getting better every second until it's haunting. Thank you for this version.

[@shannepieters1789]

A record shop owner here in the netherlands recommended this to me when I said I liked the old celtic myst cd's. This is pretty far off from that yet he hit the nail in the coffin, this is amazing

[@anto5424]

Lovely strong lipstick on the wonderful and colossally talented Radie Peat - hope it's Lancôme!

[@FlyingPowers]

I’m having trouble understanding how anything could be this incredible

[@joycesmith1148]

Amen!

[@ChaunceyPendicott]

This is basically a bad imitation of an entire genre of music - you're like someone discovering rap through Blondie's Rapture. You have such amazing things to discover, my child.

[@TheRedhenProductions]

@@ChaunceyPendicott Think you’ll have to explain exactly what you mean, the Trad/Drone genre is very new

[@ChaunceyPendicott]

@@TheRedhenProductions it's a fusion of two genres that aren't new. The clue is in the name "trad" - see if you can work out what word that's short for. At any rate I was talking about noise music, which they're superficially imitating.

[@MD-yf6gw]

@@TheRedhenProductions think he was just being pretentious mate. Using 'my child' to address someone after unnecessesarily critiquing their enjoyment of music and going full reddit lord is just cringe behaviour.

[@muzzamonroe6767]

Great to hear fellow musicians who don't want to sing about hippy love . Darker the better. Lyrics are great

[@spunky0201]

My word, that was astounding. Thoroughly unsettling with a dread that built until it was almost too much. Bra-bloody-vo.

[@66hats]

Best album of 2023, thank you

[@bleachyberserko4191]

Stunning. The lines between folk, drone, ambient, noise, and soundscape are melded so well, and naturally sounding, as if it was meant to be. As if this is the most authentic evolution of traditional music. The atmosphere, and emotion purveyed through the long form, harmonious, dissonance is sheer perfection. What a beautiful piece. 💜

[@Matt-mk8ph]

That was a beautiful and accurate description.

[@greenery0192]

Perfectly used in the Rebel Moon trailer.

[@982JOE]

Never heard of this band before. Feel like I might of just stumbled upon something pretty special.

[@767wattsy]

Oh, you have. Go listen to their last album The Livelong Day immediately!

[@982JOE]

@@767wattsy Thanks for the recommendation. Just finished it there, amazing!

[@damienslattery1718]

If you like this check out Swans The Seer album,similar vibes

[@nedalankelly]

Pure serotonin syndrome

[@cahillgreg]

@@damienslattery1718 The seer is shite.

[@louiseellen8600]

I've been grieving the end of a relationship lately. I drove out the backroads, blasting this song, wailing it out. To try and sing like Radie, I had to sing from my guts - which is where the grief is. It made me feel better. A lot better. I think I understand Keening now - the catharsis of it.

[@suitcasegnome]

This sounds better than therapy! I hope you're doing better every day.

[@frankohashiguchi]

Hugs, mate!

[@MrMark595]

Fuck. This is exactly what we should all do. Go to the bottom and scream at the pain. Fuck all the tablets, shopping, and psychiatry. Beautiful.

[@MP-il8ys]

This song snuck up on me in an otherwise cheerful Spotify playlist as I drove down a foggy, wooded December road. I’d never heard the feeling of extreme dread so perfectly captured. Holy cow 😦

[@ethanrichards8380]

Here from the Rebel Moon trailer

[@brianlynch1999]

Seriously…. This is just music at a different level…. Superb

[@Ogdenvillain]

Oh, lordy lord... I do love me a 9 minute lead single Vicky Langan and Peadar Ó Goill, take a bow for that video. Mighty

[@ericanderson8319]

To be played at my soon to be funeral. Perfect tone for my passing. Love is a killer, indeed.

[@Stupendomarveloso]

❤

[@Emnor1993]

no, no fucking way are going to leave a comment like that uncontested. this is the worst takeaway possible from this song. this song illustrates the horrible tragedy and terror that such a decision takes with it, it should in no way be read as an encouragement. don't do it. fuck the other commenter. stay strong and overcome!

[@svitloinpurgatory]

@@Emnor1993so…. what if the original commenter is dying of a terminal illness?

[@Emnor1993]

@@svitloinpurgatory "love is a killer" doesn't sound like a terminal illness, smartypants

[@TimBurt0n]

Loves from Türkiye 🇹🇷❤️☮️🇮🇪 I love Ireland!

[@frank_tank]

For a short while I forgot I am alive and present. What a blissful state.

[@Riekriek]

SJEESUS what has just happened in the space of 8 minutes, It felt like many cultures and traditions colliding in one song, one voice singing and guiding the listener through the void, this is just amazing!

[@SaltyMaltyMo]

How have I not heard of this song before today?! This made all the hairs on my body stand up!

[@stanmenshic8993]

OMG only discovered this incredible band today. Whatever is in Dublin water, the rest of the music world needs to be drinking many litres every day. Absolutely Brilliant ;-D

[@anto5424]

I love Lankum to bits: it's amazing how they not only take traditional songs (in this case "The Butcher Boy") and make them completely their own, but also how they totally redefine what it means for music to be HEAVY. This band would blow most metal bands off the stage any day of the week.

[@damienslattery1718]

Helps that they are metal heads they, they get what it means to be heavy

[@cahillgreg]

@@damienslattery1718 gtf slattery

[@funwillfunwill]

Isn't this also a take on Barbry Allan?

[@thelolguy007]

Isn’t it just so amazing and refreshing that in this day and age of auto tuned, fake, AI generated vocals that one of the most original,real and recognisable voices in years is HERE at the same time? Just brilliant 👏👏👏🙌🇮🇪💚

[@sectionalsofa]

We sang this in my sleep away camp when I was around 12 (1965). I heard part of it in the series "Bad Sisters" and it triggered a memory so I googled. So much we remember and so much we forget.

[@MiniSynnYT]

Absolutely lethal

[@markdudley7118]

This is great. I recommend its grandparent, The Fall of Saigon by This Heat.

[@kaybell9778]

Lankum a Majestic band of sympathy for others...so I give it.

[@seazMB]

time stops when Radie Peat starts singin

[@DylanWalshe]

That’s how ye come back 🙏✊🏻

[@cjstevens6405]

That imagery, evoking mourning round a slain, bled out lamb, is so stark yet effective, a perfect compliment to the music. Simple ideas with nothing added but faith in their intrinsic power.

[@HEATSEEKER00]

😂 cringe …

[@SeanBoyce-gp]

It's actually not all that far off of a read. "Lankum" is a take on "Lamkin", which is an old Anglo or Celtic ballad that's basically about the slaughter of a young mother and daughter by a much more powerful man of some profession or another (depends which version). There certainly isn't an allegory in there for generational violence during and thru British colonial rule or systemic violence against women and feminine people.

[@kevincrowe8530]

A friend of mine told me about Lankum and on the basis of this one song I bought the CD. Incredible! I've loved folk music ever since being a teenager back in the 1960s, and in particular I've always loved the darker side of folk. And it doesn't get much darker than songs like this and other songs on the album (can also recommend the Child ballad "Lord Abore and Mary Flynn", actually I can recommend the whole album). I adore what Lankum have done with this traditional song. And Radie Peat's voice is so atmospheric it sounds like an additional instrument. If the band tour Scotland anytime soon, I will be getting tickets. And I will be buying their back catalogue.

[@Kathleen-n3r]

I heard this song in 70S when I was a kid I use too sing it but it was taught too me differently lyric wise.❤

[@Iglooo666]

Wow wow wow. Absolutely haunting. Loved every second of this.

[@raincats2011]

Lost three musician friends in this same week..and found this song...Bless you guys!!

[@stephenbourke1493]

What I love about the artistry of Lankum is that they probably don't give a flying feck what I think, because they know they're bloody well outstanding.

[@niamhmckinney4027]

The accompaniment is so wicker man

[@swenoyme9049]

This piece took a part of my soul I can never get back.

[@LizzyTheBearAnimationz]

Ive never heard a voice this pretty and menacing at once

[@dairebeare7839]

She reminds me of Nina Simone somewhat

[@Super241946]

You should get out more.

[@kadenharley8232]

Who's here after Rebel Moon: Director's Cut trailer?? 👇

[@ghafsaryklief5651]

😂What are the odds"!?well ,well, well, its seems the universe is smaller than I realised.

[@coyoteofthetrash734]

Legit why I am here

[@michaelpowers2370]

I’m here after watching the first episode of say nothing FX miniseries about the troubles of northern Ireland

[@kadenharley8232]

​@@michaelpowers2370 Name please?

[@tikirama8427]

Oh how I love Radie‘s voice

[@stellajayne]

It's a thing of exquisite grace and beauty.

[@whatabouttheearth]

Wow, them Irish pipes.

[@blazejs.4231]

The Best off the best. ❤

[@abs0lutezer0]

What a fucking band. Absolute fire, Irish music is alive and well. LOVE LOVE LOVE X

[@peterdooley7552]

Lankum you kick traditional Irish musics butt.

[@sebastiengerber146]

There's a strong spiritual connection between this song and the music of The Black Heart Rebellion. It's a soul crushing masterpiece.

[@MishterSmiley]

I don't know the words for it...but this really is something 😮

[@NickMcGivney]

There are string sections, and then there's _that_ string section. That actor's left hand is incredible at displaying emotion.

[@brandonturley9755]

The image envokes thoughts of Mary Queen of Scots. Hauntingly beautiful.

[@davidtatnall359]

Lankum are unlike any other band I have ever heard. In the best possible way. Quite simply stunning. To say that I am looking forward to the LP is the biggest understatement of the year!

[@cahillgreg]

David in the nip

[@FiscalFiasco]

The new A24 movie looks and sounds great!

[@PRAYERSFORRAIN-l9y]

💀☠🕸absolutely fantastic... great song / great video . spine and face tingling Fantastic 🕸☠💀

[@joycesmith1148]

STUNNING‼️ Awesome that the unique instrumental just keeps going and going (4 min ??) ..... I didn't want it to end. Despite the visceral pain. Most compelling musical sound since Bolero (15+ min), imo, but in an entirely new way. Almost needs a new word for its music. But yes, "music" encompasses a multiplicity of sensations. And this is certainly sensational. Thank you Lankum, and Global Rhythm Radio in Tucson AZ!

[@gavinsenior]

Christ! I don’t know whether to cry or be sick

[@timreeceG30]

will never forget seeing them live in london, I just remember walking into this random courtyard and hearing them playing and just being like wow this is beautiful.

[@4K6VR]

the subbass on this one feels like the rotation of the earth on max volume

[@rockeee]

I've no words. What a deep, textured experience! Easily the darkest Irish folk band of all time, and that's a very good thing.

[@endless2804]

Imagine that .. . all our unwritten history. All our folk songs right there. X

[@JohnELemmenes]

Its got the raw power of Sacred Harp or Hebridean Psalm Singing. Elemental sounds at the luminal.

[@lisarosado2874]

Greatest music ever, Lankum

[@xXiloveznXx]

Just listened to this for the first time, minding my own business and jamming out. Then came the outro.

[@Dauaum]

Lyrics: Go dig my grave Both wide and deep Place a marble stone At my head and feet And on my breast A snow white dove To tell this world That I died for love Oh lordy lord Oh lordy me Oh lord oh lord Oh lordy me She went upstairs For to make her bed And not one word To her mother said Her mother She went upstairs too Saying "Daughter, oh daughter What troubles you?" "Oh mama dear I cannot tell That railroad boy That I love so well He courted my My life away And now with me He will not stay." Oh lordy lord Oh lordy me Oh lord oh lord Oh lordy me Her father He came home from work Saying, "Where's my daughter? She seems so hurt" He went upstairs For to give her hope And he found her hanging By a rope Oh lordy lord Oh lordy me Oh lord oh lord Oh lordy me He got his knife For to cut her down And in her bosom These words he found Go dig my grave Both wide and deep Place a marble stone At my head and feet And on my breast A snow white dove To tell this world That I died for love Oh lordy lord Oh lordy me Oh lord oh lord Oh lordy me

[@gabrielajonczyk5663]

Hug to hope 🙂

[@miriamdelirium7384]

’a *snow white dove' &yeah, 'for to give her *hope'

[@Dauaum]

Edited

[@miriamdelirium7384]

@@Dauaum beautiful

[@hannahe7556]

Epic performance last night and congratulations! 🇮🇪

[@jeffeliassen]

My goodness. Excellent

[@bengatfield6257]

Wow, just wow. Incredible.

[@Lothar303]

Lankum is one of the overall most impressive and interesting projects of the last few years. I just now listened to this the first time from Tidal, and first I got the goosebumps, then kind of almost cried, and after that felt a bit breathless. It's like someone built a tractor out of pieces of meat and went logging. I like the previous output too, but this is completely stellar. The fine harmonic details from the dragged fiddle bow and the stereo image etc are so fine, that I encourage people to find a place to listen to a lossless version. The production was as immaculate as it was visceral. Drone-y layered stuff can easily sound grating with nasty frequency spikes, bumps, etc, but this was amazingly balanced without losing the grit. So much love for this right now from me.

[@cahillgreg]

'someone built a tractor out of pieces of meat and went logging ... I encourage people to find a place to listen to a lossless version' Gobshite

[@Lothar303]

@@cahillgreg true, it will be almost impossible for most people under normal circumstances to hear the difference between a high bitrate compresses and CD quality audio, but here the details are just so fine that I don't want to risk losing any of them :)

[@cahillgreg]

@@Lothar303 You speak of 'normal' as if it's something you know

[@Lothar303]

@@cahillgreg Actually yes, I do, but I really have no interest in arguing about this. Look into the research and do some blind tests.

[@HEATSEEKER00]

You are cringe …

[@johnwilliamknox7156]

This reminds me of the story of my Great-grandfather fighting for a Free Eire ... Remember Grandpa You fought well....And when the ( cause ) will start again? We are waiting......

[@pepschmier1974]

Bravoooooooooooooooooo!!!

[@filmbuffturk]

I haven't gotten that feeling from a song in a long long time. Absolutely fuckin incredible.

[@cahillgreg]

Try stepping out with lasses lad

[@saskia6281]

@@cahillgreg dont be so mean, friend. this song made me feel emotions i havent felt in a long time too. has nothing to do with how often you get laid.

[@terrancecollette6784]

From Hares on The Mountain to this, blessed to hear. 🙏

[@ronanbarrett4407]

The next level

[@annette7154]

I'm from South Carolina and Irish. This song was big where I'm from.

[@roseannemain9957]

Goosebumps all over listening to this.

[@MegaCirse]

It’s as beautiful as the non retractability of the talons of rapacious birds or as the uncertainty of muscular movements in wounds of the soft tissues of the posterior cervical region

[@dylanread5425]

Maldoror! ❤

[@TanCoul]

This is next level - my favourite song released this year so far and if the rest of the album is as good - wow...

[@jasonesapp]

At least I’ll die on the side of honor

[@nintendomaster6430]

Is there still such a thing?

[@jasonesapp]

@ 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@zael7848]

Rebel Moon!!!

[@JasonInBuffalo]

It brought me to tears before the first verse was over. Simply magic.

[@Super241946]

It brought me to tears as well.....I'm a musician😢

[@thelocalhoneys]

Now this'll blow yer skirt up! Lankum 4 ever!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@bernadettehiggins6374]

Congratulations on your win well deserved was watching it and have to say you were the only band that I set up and listened to and I haven't done that in a while ...yee are going places very original it's old mixed with new fab can't stop listening to it 👍

[@GillRant]

What with the current energy crisis my house is cold enough without this giving me goosebumps!

[@xsvritsgaming]

Who still listen to this traditional folk band right now. I'm still love it on album when out their platform right now.❤❤

[@gavinglasby8334]

Truly truly stunning! Thank fuck I've got a ticket to see them in Manchester.

[@PRAYERSFORRAIN-l9y]

💀💀🕸☠Lankum and Massive attack beneath the night sky stars and moon this sunday! in the fantastic city of BRISTOL ENGLAND what a gig, what a night this WILL BE cant wait ☠🕸💀💀