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...are "a living, breathing Mark Twain novel". Think Guillemots, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, and early Belle and Sebastian, with soaring folk melodies and nifty arrangements.  The band consists of 2 sets of brothers, and some other bloke. They recently headlined the Radio 1 Big Weekend BBC Introducing Stage, and will be playing four stages at Glastonbury this year.  They're now getting regular plays on Radio 1 (Huw Stephens, Zane Lowe, Rob da Bank), Radio 2 (Steve Lamacq) and BBC 6Music (Tom Robinson, Gideon Coe), and the band are now working on their much-anticipated debut album.  None of them have ever been to Stornoway, but they hope to visit their Hebridean namesake soon. 

‘Stornoway's sound is like shifting sand: a mixture of acoustic pastorals, pop balladry and folkedelia. Tomorrow, Glastonbury. Next week, the world. 4/5 stars'. ‘THE INDEPENDENT

'The most marvellous thing we've seen in ages: not one song was less than lovely, and they immediately became our New Favourite Band.'  THE GUARDIAN