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Stornoway - Tales from Terra Firma

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Artist
Stornoway

Number of Discs
1

Release Date
11/03/2013

format
CD / Album

Label / Studio
4AD

Duration
43.3

Description

Oxford indie-folk quartet Stornoway followed up their celebrated 2010 debut album, 'Beachcomber's Windowsill', in 2013 with 'Tales From Terra Firma', an album of stories - birth, death, marriage and coming of age. Featuring the singles 'The Bigger Picture' and 'Farewell Appalachia', it was recorded and produced by the band in the main at their own Oxford space, bringing in mix engineer George Shilling (having loved his work with Teenage Fanclub, a huge influence on them) midway to help them achieve their vision. It worked too. 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'. For its sleeve, the band worked with the artist Kirini Kopcke who used fragments of lyrics as her start point to create a picture for each 'tale' on the album, presenting a strip cartoon-like depiction of the adventures in the life of the main protagonist.

1) You Take Me As I Am (5.10)
2) Farewell Appalachia (5.12)
3) The Bigger Picture (3.59)
4) (A Belated) Invite to Eternity (6.02)
5) Hook, Line, Sinker (5.16)
6) Knock Me On the Head (3.46)
7) The Great Procrastinator (4.39)
8) The Ones We Hurt the Most (5.31)
9) November Song (3.43)

Album
Tales from Terra Firma

Main Format
CD

Explicit Lyrics
No

Keyword Index
Tales from Terra Firma | Stornoway

Catalogue Number
CAD3304CD

Publisher
PIAS UK

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