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Today we can share some very happy news at long last. After 6 years, we are back! The new Stornoway album “Dig The Mountain!” will be with you on 8th September. We are also announcing our first tour in over 6 years.
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Sadly unable to celebrate with you all in person, instead here's “Fuel Up” from Brian’s shed, complete with nesting swallows 🐦 to mark 10y since BW. Hope its message will provide comfort during this strange time where we’re all missing each other dearly.
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We'll be running a little listening party tonight 8:30pm BST...! Like this tweet to receive your invite.
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10y since Beachcomber’s Windowsill this month! To celebrate, we release at long last The Farewell Show LP.
First single Fuel Up comes first, and we hope its message will provide some comfort during this strange time. OUT WED 20TH!
Long teary version at
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Thanks so much everybody, blown away by that - confirming now that it sold out within the first 15mins. We will have more news in the coming weeks.
Can’t wait for this show, time to get rehearsing!!!
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We are riding into the sunset... but there is a bonxie moon rising - and it can be yours to keep!
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OUT TODAY!
This is a clip from a little
#homestudio
version of one of our favourites tunes...
#reunited
Hope everyone’s doing okay during
#quarantine
#quarantinelife
#lockdown
#lockdownlife
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🥰
The best finish to
#8OutOf10Bats
last night, courtesy of
@StornowayBand
with 'Boom Went The Bittern'
👋🦇
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6 years since our last proper gig, going to need your help here…
On 14th April, which songs must we play?!
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Dig The Mountain! is out now! Made in our sheds in Gower, Oxford, London, Berlin & Margate over the last four years, it’s been incredibly exciting to rediscover songwriting & a real joy to create these 11 diverse songs together. Stream / order the album:
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Thanks
@chris_hawkins
for the first ever play of our new song
#TroubleWithTheGreen
! It’s finally taking its baby steps into the world. Listen again via
@BBCSounds
. The song addresses
#adhd
through the metaphor of brightly coloured painting. More news at 10am!
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To celebrate the news of the new album, we’re also excited to share the first single “Trouble With The Green”. Let us know what you think of the song! Listen to Trouble With The Green and watch the full video here:
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Exciting news coming Monday. Keep your ears pricked! Meanwhile, here’s a live sea eagle display including some
#birdfacts
:
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Ahead of "The Farewell Show" LP (July 17th), "Fuel Up" has always been a live favourite of the band. We hope the song’s message will provide some comfort during this extremely strange time.
Out today as instant download when pre-ordering album via
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It’s a special anniversary today. And a good time to ask… anyone looking for it on vinyl?
24 May 2010. Stornoway released Beachcomber's Windowsill. You can replay the listening party here Tweets from
@StornowayBand
@jonouin
@olisteadman
@TomEHodgson
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
#ttlp261
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And we’re off! Feels surreal and spectacular to be joining you all for this
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
... here’s Brian who says he’s going to be listening for the very first time since we approved the final master tape!!!
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We’re very excited to announce that the long-sold out Beachcomber’s Windowsill will be re-issued on vinyl on 8th Dec as a very special limited
@dinkededition
, made from fully recycled marbled vinyl and recycled card cover! Available to pre order now:
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What do you want us to play on tour?
Best fantasy playlists (any streaming platform) get a prize!
1. must include Trouble With The Green.
2. must be roughly 90mins.
3. mostly Stornoway songs... plus 2 or 3 cover suggestions!
we'll announce favourites/winners Fri 21st
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ZORBING
initial jams of this song took place in the original Shed. Photo by
@shedandy
who joined us on so many early adventures!
Recorded & mixed entirely on “MRS-802 portable studio”. Still a fair few unfinished demos on its hard drive...
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
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Blown away to hear we've sold out almost all physical copies of The Farewell Show...! A couple of CDs left across Townsend + HMV stores. If you haven't got yours yet, act quick!
A number of folks have asked about vinyl, too. Reply here if you want to be added to the list ;)
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It turns out scallops can swim.
… and other incredible discoveries from
#WildIsles
episode 5!
Thank you
@WWF
@OpenUniversity
@BBCOne
for this incredible series which has brought fascination & inspiration to such an audience 🙏
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YOU TAKE ME AS I AM (LIVE)
We’ll end our
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
with news that yesterday we released this live recording (a sneak peek of forthcoming “The Farewell Show” LP). The song’s life began in the summer of 2010, in the very week we released
#BeachcombersWindowsill
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BEACHCOMBERS WINDOWSILL
Looking forward to enjoying this with you all... have dug up a few gems from the treasure chest. Join in today at 8pm UK
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
Tonight (U.K. times)
8pm
@StornowayBand
Beachcomber’s Windowsill.
9pm
@LauraRCantrell
Not The Tremblin’ Kind.
10pm Gruff Rhys
@gruffingtonpost
Pang!
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Message from Brian as we head into release day for The Farewell Show. More to come later today, stay tuned!
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We’re excited to share our new song Bag in the Wind! People are a bit like bags, weighed down with worries and endless jobs, hoping for someone to take us by the handle and tip the gravity out of us. Listen now wherever you listen to your music:
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Dear Friends, some important news:
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“That’s what birdwatching & music have in common, there’s always more to discover, you’re never finished!” -
@laurenlaverne
on
@bbc6music
show today. HUGE thx for spinning
#TroubleWithTheGreen
. It has
#birdsong
in the background, and lyrics address
#mentalhealth
as a painting.
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Live album from the final night in Oxford... read all about it!
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Forty days til the goodbyes begin.
#FarewellTour
SOLD OUT in Oxford +London +more.
Venue upgrades all over, so a few tickets avail: see FB!
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Rehearsing hard… less than a fortnight to go til our first proper show in 6 years. Here’s another
#musicalmannequinchallenge
/
#stornowaymannequinchallenge
.
COMPETITION TIME: we have an extremely limited special prize giveaway (see next tweet in this thread)!
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Are you the one I’ve been waiting for?!
“Roy Watson & the Battery Humans” at
@TruckFestival
… warming up for
@WOMADfestival
31st
#July
!
👏 filming by
@grphood
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OUT TODAY! “You Take Me As I Am” from The Farewell Show - we’ll be sharing some snaps from behind the scenes...
In Brian's words: You Take Me As I Am is a song about my wedding day at a hostel perched on a Pembrokeshire clifftop. It’s...
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We’re very pleased to be heading to the Cambridge Folk Festival this year. Dates are 27-30 July 23, to come and join us hit this link for tickets and more details:
#CFF2023
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COLDHARBOUR ROAD
The seabird in verse 1 gave the LP artwork its central image... sketched by Ali Boult, finessed into album formats by Chris Bigg. There were so many options on silhouette (shark egg / mermaids purse / anemone / crab), font, photos...
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
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Cambridge folk festival, so good to be back. From the sessions to the sublime beats of Arrested Development, and jamming by the duckpond… This place, and this event, have so much to offer. Can’t believe it’s only Friday; who’s here for the rest the weekend to see some bands?
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LONG DISTANCE LULLABY
What does this one mean to you? Last to be written for the album. crafting those brass parts in the lead up to Christmas... we wanted that drunk sound, so we slowed the tape down by a quarter-tone!
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
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Pleased to announce: Bonxie Unplucked EP. Preorder now, get The Only Way Is Up instant dwnload
http://t.co/eaWCHXhD3F
http://t.co/nGn8Zh0Xdq
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Huge thanks to
@BBC6Music
selecting
#TroubleWithTheGreen
for
#NewMusicFix
. So many of you sent such kind words about the song following yesterday’s debut play by the legendary
@chris_hawkins
!
Can’t wait to play this live for the first time TONIGHT- who’s coming?
#NewMusicFriday
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Well spotted Dave! That’s our kid talking about
#wetlands
declining 3 times faster than forests
@RamsarConv
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Full clip coming soon. Thankyou so much ❤️ everybody sending love for
#TroubleWithTheGreen
and booking to see us tour ❤️ had to top up the presale many times to meet with demand. Blown away. Thank you ❤️ general sale opens 10AM so if you missed out then be quick off the mark.
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After launching Dig The Mountain! we’ve had such an amazing reaction. Thank you so much for all your kind words and support this week, it means so much. DTM has nestled itself in the midweek charts & we've given ourselves the challenge to try squeak into the top 40 by tomorrow...
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Huge love & thanks to Willie J Healey for selecting our
#NovemberSong
as exit music for the Jo Whiley show.
One of our favourite artists (KILLING IT right now; go see him on tour round the UK from 9-23rd November!) and one of our favourite radio shows
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Can’t help but mention how this one is all about being outside... it’s been a difficult few months folks 😢
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The shed series is back. Which song would you most like to hear? Drop a comment here (link to full live recording):
#newmusic
#新的音乐
#m
úsicanueva #नयासंगीत #موسيقىجديدة
#novam
úsica #নতুনসংগীত #новаямузыка #新しい音楽 #ਨਵਾਂਸੰਗੀਤ
#neuemusik
#musikanyar
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It’s REALLY TOUGH
making music sustainably;
#earthday
is a moment for industries INCLUDING music, to pause & consider the impact of their activities on the climate. Like many artists we’re making nature-infused music whilst touring a diesel vehicle, which doesn’t feel right…
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Sold out of EVERYTHING on our
#farewelltour
. Sorry if you missed out! If we're able to get some more printed, what would you like it to be?
Tea Towels (see last twt)
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Tour Tee with gig dates
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Our
@StornOli
&
@TomEHodgson
were interviewed by
@drflorawillson
, about the
@ukmusiccensus
. Join in: it's tomorrow!
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WE ARE THE BATTERY HUMAN
“No, no,… You play it like THIS!” - high on the bracing air of our first visit to Mull.
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
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Signed setlists! These come with pre-order copies of The Farewell Show. Out tomorrow, so today is your last chance to grab one! Pre-order via
Can you see Oli’s beachcombing puzzle as he waits for the others to finish signing their stacks 🤣
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It’s a
#mondaynightinjune
and it’s another summer-tinted take on an album from our back catalogue. Which tracks off
#BONXIE
would you most love us to play? Whether at
@WOMADfestival
next month or...
#midsummer
#midsummerseve
#longestday
#shortestnight
#sunshine
#sunset
#skua
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THE END OF THE MOVIE
More of Jon’s photography as we embark on the
#BeachcombersWindowsill
tour of Germany, Italy, Benelux, and Switzerland! In a repurposed St Galen cinema, Susie soundchecks the theatre lights.
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
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MANCHESTER was large last night… thank-you everybody! What was the highlight for you?
AND thanks to the clocks going back, we were able to stay out extra late🤘rising extra early for some outdoor air this morning down by the tram tracks:
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As we race to catch our ferry over to Dublin, just sending a quick ‘WOW’! We have been so blown away by the reaction to our shows so far on our comeback tour - what unbelievable nights we’ve had in Exeter, Oxford and Bristol, thank you so much!
We have some exciting news:
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Hearing from fans tuned into
@laurenlaverne
on
@BBC6Music
, that our new song
#TroubleWithTheGreen
is coming up soon. Do tune in and keep an ear out. We played it Live on Friday for the very first time and have had so many kind words back about it… thank you everybody!
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Thanks so much to Dan Cairns and
@Willjhodgkinson
at
@thetimes
for their brilliant reviews of our new album Dig the Mountain!
“Stornoway’s new record is a joy” **** - The Sunday Times
“There is some great songwriting here…reminiscent of Crosby, Stills & Nash” **** - The Times
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The percussion you hear on record is literally a kitchen sink! we’d reimagine it on stage using a crazy tin djembe that toured with us to Australia & America, surviving all the way thru to The Farewell Show.
So pointy & jagged by the end, a wonder it didn’t cut open Tom’s hand!
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The video for ‘It’s not up to you’ was filmed in the beautiful Wytham Woods, which is where Brian got his first job after leaving university, as a field assistant studying Great Tits as part of the longest continuously running study of a wild animal population in the world.
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I SAW YOU BLINK
Video filmed in Shotover forest, by
@hilaryohare
who also directed:
- Zorbing
- Get Low
Recently discovered lying in an attic, we have several hours of behind-the-scenes footage... presented today for
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
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ON THE ROCKS
Waterways are central to many Stornoway lyrics 🌊
Released on a very early demo EP (2006) alongside “Pupil Of Your Eye” & other lost songs... and later alongside
#BatteryHuman
as a
#BeachcombersWindowsill
press promo.
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
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Don’t miss this chance to spin your favourite festive records - here’s our list 🎁
What’s on yours?
Wishing you
#happyholidays
and every success in 2023…!
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Timings for THIS FRIDAY
@EartHackney
:
7pm Doors
7:30pm Fyfe Dangerfield
9:00pm Stornoway
What songs do you want to hear?
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It’s Not Up to You (feat. Yijia) is out now, taken from our forthcoming new album Dig the Mountain! We’ve always been hugely inspired by Bjork’s fearless spirit and we particularly love this song from her ‘Vespertine’ album. We replaced electronics with
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This Friday 27 July, we’re releasing our cover of Bjorks’ It’s Not Up to You, featuring Yijia. The song helped Brian find his way back into songwriting after a hiatus of many years. We heard Yijia’s beautiful voice at Womad Festival and
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Many inspiring cover versions over the years (all collected here for you ) including Tom & Tim’s version of Fuel Up, and a tin whistle Zorbing.
Who would you most like to cover which of our songs? Are we missing any covers from this playlist?!
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ON AIR shortly!
#tunein
to
@bbcradio2
with
@themarkrad
on
@BBCSounds
!
Thx to everyone who sent in their requests… get ready for some ROOTSY versions of these songs 🦅 it’s an honour to be here on THE FOLK SHOW!
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Yes
#slowworms
#wildweekender
#mywildplace
(Inspired by
@Lucy_Lapwing
’s recent explainer on slow worms and why they are not snakes)
Are you joining in
#WildWeekender
this weekend?
📸Share your pictures with
#MyWildPlace
to get involved - we can't wait to see what you are up to!
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#digTheMountain
[NEW ALBUM OUT THIS FRIDAY] has provided us the opportunity to evolve the way our physical records are manufactured and supplied. Polyvinyl chloride doesn’t have to be fresh for the sound quality to be just as good; you can make it from recycled other plastics.
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If you’re missing the great outdoors these days, here’s a little something to take you back... find 2:20 to give it a spin / tune in to your inner nightingale.
I made this song with
@EdNesbit
. It's about a nightingale and the idea is to leave the noise of the news behind and follow all this wonderful birdsong outside.
For full song and more info see:
@samleesong
@RobGMacfarlane
@Natures_Voice
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The Shed Session for Anwen with
@fyfedangerfield
, filmed at
@WWTLondon
, is available to watch over on our YouTube channel! Watch the full video here:
Anwen is taken from our new album Dig the Mountain! out now:
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Meteorological start of summer in the northern hemisphere; bright Phoebus comes out to take a peek at what you’ve been growing though
#nomowmay
🌾
Ahead of
@womadfestival
we’re repainting back-catalogue album covers. Aiming to post one each
#mondaynightinjune
. What do you think?
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Thanks all who joined, that was... interesting!! Might have to do the 2nd half of the album some time in the coming week.
Fact: one of the names on our shortlist for band name, was "Technical Hitch"
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Rehearsing hard… Only 3 weeks to go! Thought we’d have some fun and film a
#musicalMannequinChallenge
.
(The original
#mannequinchallenge
would traditionally be performed to
#trap
song “Black Beatles” by
@RaeSremmurd
but we’ve tried with our own song, playing it live.)
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WATCHING BIRDS
Surreal day spent in the company of James Caddick + so many beloved friends of ours who joined in as extras to film the pantomimical video. Here’s Anton spectating and Tony coaching Oli ahead of the big fight.
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
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FUEL UP
“Studious” & “Crashing” (by John Bullock, companion on so many fun-filled road trips from the very earliest days). Taken on the “Highlands, Islands & Ireland” tour as we sped north to play the town of Stornoway.
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
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Hitting the road again!
2-8
@WedgewoodRooms
2-9
@quarterhouse_uk
2-10
@epicnorwich
2-11
@thedrilllincoln
2-14
@warwickarts
2-15
@theleadmill
2-16
@o2academyliverpool
2-17
@wylam_brewery
4-22
@tolhuistuin
4-24
@ABconcerts
4-25
@Nochtspeicher
4-26
@privatclub_bln
5-17
@woodfestival
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The legendary Felix Higginbottom brought extreme talent, unparalleled work ethic, and a mind-boggling array of percussion from around the world, to provide the supercharged engine that drove this Stornoway tour. Follow Felix and his work especially
@lowislandmusic
whom we adore.
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Hello all, help
@Natures_Voice
get nature to
#1
this weekend by buying
@samleesong
sam’s glorious track showcasing 25 of the best British singers! Open those windows and
#letnaturesing
@WWTworldwide
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Beachcomber's Windowsill re-issue!
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14th April tickets go live in 60mins!
Seen us play before somewhere, or hoping to make this the first time? Discuss👇 most interesting gets a DM
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...to suddenly finding ourselves thrown into years of touring & travelling. The record deal for
#BeachcombersWindowsill
was signed at midnight in the woods outside Stornoway town, during the “Highlands, Islands & Ireland” tour with phenomenally talented
@RachelSermanni
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Listening party for The Farewell Show - out today! Use this link to join us for a listen through:
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Join us
@WOMADfestival
this summer
For a very special
One-off celebration
Belatedly launching
Last year’s album...
“The Farewell Show”
Can’t wait for this!!!
#SummerOf2021
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We are on
@BBCRadio2
tonight for the FOLK SHOW with
@themarkrad
. Starts at 9 pm. What songs do you want to hear!? Let us know with a comment 👇
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A big thank you to
@BBC6Music
for including Dig the Mountain! in their new album fix this week and playing five tracks! Listen back on the show here:
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HERE COMES THE BLACKOUT
What you hear on LP:
🔪🥕
🥾🥾
On tour we’d instead use these buoys. Found on a remote, windswept beach in Lewis... hours before the gig in Stornoway. Here’s Rob conducting their 1st ever
#soundcheck
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
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