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Beachcomber’s Windowsill

Stornoway

SKU: CAD3X20LP

Barcode: 0191400901117

25.00 £25.00
  • Genre: Rock And Pop
  • Label: 4AD
  • Released Date: 19th January 2024
  • Buying Format:
    1LP

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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. Warmly received on release, ‘Beachcomber’s Windowsill’ quickly attained Silver status in the UK and, among the many positive reviews, The Observer praised it 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.” The album is complemented by a stunning sleeve by designer Chris Bigg, who has played on the album’s title and their songs about nature by working with illustrations of shells, aquatic life and old maps.

Album is pressed on recycled black vinyl, in FSC-sourced card sleeves.

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Track Listings

  1. Zorbing
  2. I Saw You Blink
  3. Fuel Up
  4. The Coldharbour Road
  5. Boats and Trains
  6. We Are The Battery Human
  7. Here Comes The Blackout
  8. Watching Birds
  9. On The Rocks
  10. The End of the Movie
  11. Long Distance Lullaby

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