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Tales from Terra Firma

Stornoway

Tales from Terra Firma

Second album of indie folk and Americana from the Oxford-based quartet, composed in a campervan and self-recorded

ADM rating[?]

6.7

Label
4AD
UK Release date
11/03/2013
US Release date
19/03/2013
  1. 10.0 |   The Guardian

    A triumphantly expansive album
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  2. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    This is most definitely a band pushing forward and experimenting with their identity
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  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    A substantial and richly evocative work. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   The Observer

    An ambitious step forward for the band and, though only 44 minutes long, it feels like a bit of an epic
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  5. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Warm, emotionally supportive lyrics, its pleasing metaphors drawn almost entirely from nature, its arena-filling choruses, and no titular cliché knowingly left unturned
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  6. 7.0 |   All Music

    A collection of songs that are both ardent and humble, hopelessly in love with the jubilant ephemera of pop music
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  7. 7.0 |   DIY

    Bloomin' uplifting stuff
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  8. 7.0 |   NME

    It's true that Stornoway do nothing that innumerable other Mumford & Clones bands do at the moment, but the difference is they tend to do it quite well
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  9. 7.0 |   Uncut

    The double-edged curse of Mumford-sized fame may yet land upon them. Print edition only

  10. 6.0 |   Q

    There are eager minds at work here. Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    For all its many laudable attributes, Tales from Terra Firma proves ultimately frustrating: a skilled, capable and talented band still unaware of how best to channel and control their creative energies
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  12. 6.0 |   The 405

    There's every chance Stornoway will finally get it right with album number three, but in the meantime, we're still wondering why they didn’t manage it here
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  13. 6.0 |   State

    Still very much the sound of young Middle England, making palatable acoustic folk for an agreeable audience
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  14. 6.0 |   Art Rocker

    Its weakness lies in the frustrating dichotomy between fresher sounds and the band's old folk-pop roots
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  15. 4.9 |   Pitchfork

    They continue to be almost crushingly dull, making well-appointed and cheerfully empty music that successfully communicates next to nothing
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  16. 4.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Fails to deliver what the band are surely capable of
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