It begins jubilantly with a marriage and ends with a calm reflection on death. In between, this rollercoaster of a second album from folk four-piece Stornoway shunts us from amorous ecstasy to heartbreak, dipping along the way to celebrate the virtues of procrastination. The album has an appealingly unkempt feel but the arrangements (by Jon Ouin) are nicely controlled and Brian Briggs's graceful, open-hearted lyrics keep sentimentality in check. It's an ambitious step forward for the band (who hail from Oxford, not the Outer Hebrides) and, though only 44 minutes long, it feels like a bit of an epic.