Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill (From Salisbury Journal)
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Stornoway - Beachcomber's Windowsill
3:50pm Thursday 3rd June 2010 in CD Reviews
Beachcomber's Windowsill
Artist - Stornoway
Album - Beachcomber's Windowsill
Label - 4AD
No-one can say I didn't try. Having heard so many glowing reviews of this band, it was hard to go in not expecting the saviours of British music.
Ultimately, what Beachcomber's Windowsill provides is a nice enough set of songs - folky, poppy, like an upbeat Mumford and Sons. What it does't really provide is any substance to challenge better bands like Frightened Rabbit.
There is every chance that your 50 year old uncle is dancing around his Poggenpohl kitchen to Stornoway right now, so nice and middle class does this sound - the beachcomber of the album title may well be there for a nice week in Padstow.
At the end of the day, 'nice' shouldn't be a bad word to use in a review, but caution should be exercised for anyone else drawn into the hype - that's pretty much all there is in here.
Rating 7/10
Mike Rea
