Lankum singer and multi-instrumentalist Radie Peat has announced that her debut solo album, “No Human Tongue Can Tell“, will be released by Rough Trade on November 13th. “The seed for this album was planted a long time ago, it’s been ticking along in the background of my head for probably 15 years or so,” says Peat. “When I was in my twenties, I watched a documentary on Mike Oldfield making Tubular Bells and the idea just stuck that I would like to try record like that, where you write and play all the intersecting parts. I found the idea of being limited by your own mind and abilities, with all the blind spots and personal preferences, very appealing, and I felt it would make something definitively unique, for better or for worse.
The collection of folk songs on the album came together easily, and it’s only now I see a thematic link between them. They are largely songs of female struggle, suffering, strength and endurance. But there are many about love as well, with all the complications that brings. I’ve put a lot of myself in this album and I hope it lands where I was aiming for.”
With her Union Chapel show in London now completely sold out, Radie Peat has announced a new London date at The Barbican on May 19th, 2027, as well as a date at La Trabendo in Paris on February 1st.
Debut album ‘No Human Tongue Can Tell’ out November 13th,
