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15th June
Stornoway Release New Track for Charity

Stornoway Release New Track for Charity

Stornoway

Stornoway have donated unreleased track 'You Don’t Know Anything' to the Patagonia Music Collective, available via Patagonia’s website as of June 15th. All proceeds will go directly to The Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust

The collective started with the aid of Pa...

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26th May
Stornoway Release 4AD Sessions EP And Give Away Free MP3, Plus On Tour Now

Stornoway Release 4AD Sessions EP And Give Away Free MP3, Plus On Tour Now

Stornoway

Last September, Stornoway recorded an incredible 4AD Session in their hometown of Oxford. Sited in the Rotunda of Graham Greene's former home - a room used by his ex-wife to display her collection of doll's houses - it provided a sublime setting to capture an intimate performance from one of the best new acts to come out of the UK in recent years.

Filmed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, the band performed four tracks from thei...

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10th February
Stornoway Win XFM Award For Best British Debut Album Of 2010

Stornoway Win XFM Award For Best British Debut Album Of 2010

Stornoway

Stornoway's Beachcomber's Windowsill was last night named XFM's best British debut album of 2010. Presided over by a panel of esteemed figures, including Peter Hook and John Leckie, the prize perfectly caps what was an incredibly successful last year for the band and signals an extremely promising future ahead.

Chairman of the panel and Head of Music for XFM, Mike Walsh remarked on Beachcomber's Windowsill: &...

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17th December
The Year In Review: Stornoway

The Year In Review: Stornoway

Stornoway

Artist: Stornoway
Title: Beachcomber's Windowsill
Cat No: CAD3X20
Release date: 23rd May 2010

"Poignant and enduring" - The Observer
"Our new favourite band" - The Guardian
"The first great album of the summer" - The Times
"Like ...

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7th September
Stornoway 4AD Session Now Online

Stornoway 4AD Session Now Online

Stornoway

The latest 4AD Session is now online. It's the fourth in the series and features Stornoway performing four tracks from their recent debut album, Beachcomber's Windowsill.

Recorded in the beautiful environs of The Rotunda in their native Oxford and directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, this Sessi...

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4AD Session 004

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With Beachcomber's Windowsill, Stornoway released one of the most assured and impressive debuts of the year. Recorded in the beautiful environs of The Rotunda in their native Oxford, this 4AD Session shows the band in a wonderful light.

The building they chose to perform in dates back to the 1960s when Vivien Greene, Graham Greene's ex-wife, commissioned its build as an extension to her own home...