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Bonxie

Stornoway

Bonxie

Third album from the Oxford indie-folk act, funded through PledgeMusic and produced by Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters)

ADM rating[?]

7.4

Label
Cooking Vinyl
UK Release date
13/04/2015
US Release date
21/04/2015
  1. 10.0 |   The Guardian

    Stornoway’s best work yet: big music, which deserves the largest stage
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  2. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Stornoway use old-fashioned folk techniques to create one of the happiest records of the year, one which doesn’t contain of shred of cynism
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  3. 8.0 |   Q

    Formerly weedy folk quartet find their inner Arnie. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   Mojo

    It’s Bonxie’s heart, soul and natural world-inspired epiphanies that charm most. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Stornoway have become a band to cherish. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   All Music

    More accessible yet no less honest than their first two records, Bonxie is an expansion of Stornoway's best attributes
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  7. 7.5 |   The 405

    Sonically larger are more varied than the band's previous work
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  8. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    Bonxie doesn’t contain too many surprises, and it doesn’t really have many answers to the bigger questions, but it does have a number of brilliantly written songs
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  9. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    It all makes for pleasant listening, but Stornoway still seem like a good band with some great songs, rather than simply a great band
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  10. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    Even if they have reached a plateau, it’s a still a high one at that
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  11. 6.0 |   The Observer

    It indicates the four-piece’s future lies beyond the confines of jaunty folk-pop
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