Tales from Terra Firma

Tales from Terra FirmaStornoways second album, Tales From Terra Firma, is an album of stories birth, death, marriage, coming of age: The Big Stuff. The songs were mostly written in a camper van in land locked Oxford but on listening, the yearning for ad venture and the freedom of the coast and wild places is palpable. As is true of classic songwriting partnerships, lyricist Brian Briggs eloquence coupled with his crystalline voice unite with Jon Ouins stunning arrangements

the song folds in on itself as Jake acts out the blurred edges of his dreams in vivid hues

Coming four years after ‘The Rip Tide’

elegiac beauty

Anjimile captivated audiences with earnest songwriting

The album centers around an explosive brass band and is propelled by John Congleton’s drum programming

The Amps are an important part of the Kim Deal canon

The actual carriers of the recordings will be on show in the entrance space of Between Bridges: a display of original mastering tapes

Additionally the bonus disc features two brass band versions by The Tintwistle Band (previously only heard on a limited

The Sunset Tree’s 13 tracks

Silver Jews) can be heard

Sonically versatile and propulsively infectious

the album's closing track