February 23 street date. Limited imported eco vinyl edition, exclusively available to indie shops. Oxford indie-folk quartet Stornoway followed up their celebrated 2010 debut album, "Beachcomber's Windowsill", with 2013's "Tales From Terra Firma". It's an album of stories - birth, death, marriage and coming of age. Featuring the singles ‘The Bigger Picture’ and ‘Farewell Appalachia’, "Tales From Terra Firma" was recorded and produced by the band at their own Oxford space, bringing in mix engineer George Shilling (having loved his work with Teenage Fanclub) midway to help them achieve their vision. By being true to themselves and remaining oblivious to outside influences, they made a truly special album where life is unfurled for the listener. The Guardian said in their full marks review that there's "no curse of the second album for Stornoway, who've stretched out without losing sight of the intimacy of their charming debut".
February 23 street date. Limited imported eco vinyl edition, exclusively available to indie shops. As its title suggests, Stornoway's 2010 debut album, "Beachcomber's Windowsill", is something of a treasure. Featuring singles ‘Fuel Up’, ‘I Saw You Blink’, and ‘Zorbing’, it showed just why so many were excited by the Oxford indie-folk quartet's arrival - a DIY guitar band unusually rooted in folk tradition. They stood out further with their deft ability to try their hand at most instruments, never shy to experiment while their pure pop harmonies soared. The Observer praised "Beachcomber's Windowsill" for having a "real emotional depth that transports their music from throwaway sunny songs to something altogether more poignant and enduring", while the NME called it "beautifully rendered and melodically magnificent; a Constable landscape of a record".
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