Tales from Terra Firma
4AD
2013
Rating: 6.5 best bets out of 10
The previous album by Stornoway, "Beachcomber's Windowsill," would easily be a nominee for my favorite records of the last five years. Because of this, and through no fault of the band, I had unconsciously and unfairly set the bar quite high for this follow-up record from these Oxford lads. "Tales from Terra Firma" is a good album, a very enjoyable album, but sadly it's no "Beachcomber's Windowsill." And that's ok...most bands don't even have one record in them as good as that one, so even if Stornoway never top it they're still ahead of most of crowd. They are still mining the same whimsical folk-rock territory, but tracks just aren't quite as catchy this time around. Still worth a listen by my estimate, but grab "Beachcomber's Windowsill" first.
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