UK alt-folk group Stornoway release new album Beyonder. The band – from their name alone – have long had a debt to Scottish islands, to the experience of life on the fringes. New album ‘Beyonder’ takes this to an extreme, with the group’s Brian Briggs citing a revelatory experience on St Kilda as the root of their LP. The record contains a photo taken on St Kilda at its artwork. The most Westerly point of the British Isles, St Kilda’s human population abandoned the island in the 1930s, requesting to be evacuated to the mainland. An evocative and moving part of the country, the album helped unlock the album Brian Briggs has been “trying to write my whole life”.
He comments: Lying in bed in a stone blackhouse in St Kilda, being deafened…
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Fans will be happy to know that Lizzy McAlpine’s fourth album, Angel, is filled with sounds reminiscent of her decade-long career; however, this time, there’s a coating of something evolved. Instead of brutal, gut-wrenching heartbreak, this fifteen-track record explores acceptance and closure, and instead of self-reflection that tears you apart, there’s self-discovery that evokes freedom — the musicality may sound similar at times, but this addition to her discography is McAlpine’s most devoted yet.
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