Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill

•    A collection of songs their debut album ‘Beachcomber’s Windowsill’ may be, but together these melodies and lyrics form a beguiling whole. The Oxford quartet have used a kind of alchemy to combine startling harmonies - at times reminiscent of barber shop quartets, at others far more choral, pure with perfect pop refrains all rooted in very traditional, British grassroots songsmithery.

•    Tapping into a subject matter as diverse as New Zealand adrenaline sports, natural history and car journeys, Stornoway distil very personal subject matter and experiences into crystalline classics and crucially love songs that revive the most jaded of hearts.

•    Despite the last year’s media focus the band manage to retain a solid sense of innocence, this and a strong DIY ethic (producing and recording most of the album themselves) mean that ‘Beachcomber’s Windowsill’ should bring Stornoway a whole lot more in the way of attention and never has a band deserved it more.

•    “We tried to make each song a bit unique - we even went to the extent of teaching ourselves how to play new instruments and ways to record them. That's why we thought the album title could work, because it's a bit of an odd collection of bits and bobs that we've accumulated over the past few years”, explains Brian Briggs, lead singer and lyricist of Stornoway.

•    Available on CD in either digipack or jewelcase packaging, and on deluxe heavyweight vinyl in a gatefold sleeve. Each copy of ‘Beachcomber’s Windowsill’ ordered, on either format, will come with a free 7” (AD3X20) exclusively available to independent retailers, featuring ‘We Are The Battery’ and ‘On The Rocks’, both recorded live at Oxford’s The Sheldonian.

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