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Title: Tales from Terra Firma
Condition: New
Format: Vinyl
EAN: 0652637330410
Edition: 12" Album with CD
Genre: Rock/Pop
Style: Indie/Alternative
Release Date: 11/03/2013
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.
No Of Discs: 2
Artist: Stornoway
Run Time: 43.3
Record Label: 4AD
Features: Includes a CD copy of the album.
MPN: CAD3304
Release Year: 2013
Tracks:
1-1 You Take Me As I Am
1-2 Farewell Appalachia
1-3 The Bigger Picture
1-4 (A Belated) Invite to Eternity
1-5 Hook, Line, Sinker
1-6 Knock Me On the Head
1-7 The Great Procrastinator
1-8 The Ones We Hurt the Most
1-9 November Song

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