Best of Unplucked Stornoway

• 1 Zorbing (Unplucked, 2024 Version) 03:27
• 2 This Must Be the Place (Unplucked, 2024 Version) 03:41
• 3 We Are The Battery Human (Unplucked, 2024 Version) 04:18
• 4 Between the Saltmarsh and the Sea (Unplucked) 04:31
• 5 Trouble with the Green (Unplucked, 2024 Version) 03:49
• 6 The Bigger Picture (Unplucked, 2024 Version) 04:01
• 7 On the Rocks (4AD Session) 05:01
• 8 Enjoy the Silence (Unplucked, 2024 Version) 03:08
• 9 Get Low (Unplucked) 03:50
• 10 Farewell Appalachia (Unplucked, 2024 Version) 04:16
• 11 Fuel Up (Unplucked, 2024 Version) 04:24
• 12 Bag in the Wind (Unplucked, 2024 Version) 03:16
• 13 The Only Way Is Up (Unplucked) 04:24
• 14 Watching Birds (4AD Session) 04:12
• Total Runtime 56:18

Info for Best of Unplucked

After landing a #7 spot in the UK Physical Artist Albums Chart with ‘Dig The Mountain!’, selling out a 10-date UK tour and performing at Glastonbury 2024, Stornoway now release the ‘Best of Unplucked’ - featuring hand-picked versions of their much loved ‘unplucked’ recordings from their career to date.

Featuring brand new versions of favourites including ’Zorbing’ and ‘Farewell Appalachia’, as well as Talking Heads’ ‘This Must Be The Place’ and Depeche Mode’s ‘Enjoy The Silence’, plus recordings from the 4AD vault (‘Beachcombers Windowsill’ and Tales From Terra Firma’), live favourite ‘The Only Way Is Up’ (‘Bonxie Unplucked’), and ‘Dig The Mountain!’ Shed Sessions, this is Stornoway in their most natural form, and perhaps their most beautiful.

Letter from the band: “We have been fortunate to have the chance to perform and record in some unforgettable locations over the years, from boats to bird reserves, caves to cathedrals. The only way to make this possible has often been to play completely unamplified, or ‘unplucked’ as we like to call it, which has meant creating special arrangements of our songs using acoustic instruments. We are passionate about enjoying and protecting nature, and by playing unplucked, we have been able to bring people into wild spaces. In the absence of amps or PA systems we have often found that the connection of our audiences to our music, to each other, and to the natural world becomes stronger, and these intimate, often impromptu, performances have resulted in some of our most cherished memories as a band. We hope you enjoy this selection of our favourite ‘unplucked’ recordings over the last 15 years.”

Stornoway

Stornoway
is an indie rock band from the UK, who released three albums between 2010 and 2015. Their official active years date back from 2006 up until 2017. The band consists of a guitarist, keyboard player, bassist, and drummer. The music developed by the band is a constantly changing selection of influences from indie folk, indie rock, and chamber pop. Britpop is supported by various instruments, including guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, vocals, and guitar solos.

The band was created by Brian Briggs (guitarist) and Jonathan Quin (keyboard player). They met during Freshers’ week at Oxford, and their first conversation was about a band they both liked. After a while, they started playing music together and started forming the band. But a 2-person band isn’t a band, so they advertised for a bass player, and Oli Steadman was the only person to respond. His younger brother Rob Steadman auditioned for a drummer, and that’s how it all started.

But forming a band isn’t hard – accomplishing as much as Stornoway is the hard part. They named themselves after the Scottish town of Stornoway. Its name appeared on the TV weather reports, and they received free advertisements daily. For the 11 years of their activity,

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