Stornoway / Beachcomber's Windowsill
Album: Beachcomber's Windowsill   Collection:General
Artist:Stornoway   Added:Nov 2010
Label:4AD  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2011-01-09 Pull Date: 2011-03-13
Week Ending: Mar 13 Mar 6 Feb 20 Feb 13 Feb 6 Jan 30 Jan 23 Jan 16
Airplays: 3 2 1 3 7 2 4 2

Recent Airplay
1. Dec 24, 2015: Meow
The Coldharbour Road
4. Jun 10, 2014: Meow
Long-Distance Lullaby
2. Aug 11, 2015: Meow
The Coldharbour Road
5. May 03, 2013: FOLKTRONICA
The Coldharbour Road
3. Jan 15, 2015: Meow: The Best Of The Decade So Far (2010-2014)...The Sequel!
The Coldharbour Road
6. Mar 20, 2012: meow
The Coldharbour Road

Album Review
mr. esq.
Reviewed 2010-12-23
as reviewed by mr. esq.

60's pop revival/neo-folky indie pop
from oxford. most of this was recorded on 8track!
various locations&hundreds of instruments.
really sweet&simple&really damn good. =lovely.
riyl; aerial pink's haunted graffiti, pogues, billy bragg, teenage fanclub, belle&sebastion, housemartins, et al.
FCC WARNING: #2 ('SHIT'.)
SUGGESTIONS: ANYTRACK=GOODTRACK.
BUT ESP: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11.

*1. shimmery cymbals open. vox like nico. but it's a guy. a very authenntic 60's pop song, ala peter, paul&mary, dusty springfield. upbeat. lovely.
*2. FCC WARNING: 'SHIT.' billy braggy/pogues, but poppier.
3. pogues&belle.
*4. BEST TRACK:moving&sweet. there's violins. it's epic!(weepy)
*5. belle&sebastion. it's wistful. it's a beaut.
6. it's fiddle&banjo time! chorus vox. the whole village is in on this!
7. belle (&peter, paul&mary!): nicely syncopated pop. weird noises near end.
*8. ALMOST BEST TRACK: this is the rocker! it moves. like 70's brit-punk ala undertones, only ones. synths (!)
9. starts w/ underbed of fast drumming, very subtle, gits&vox ala radiohead. repetitive&building.
*10. lullaby start. vox like from the emptiest space. sweet.
*11. tolling bell...drums ala supremes. vox=est belle. horns.
a really sweet way to end this.

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