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The bold mission statement accompanying this album declares that Faustus – a trio involving melodeon kingpin Saul Rose and two Bellowheads, Paul Sartin and Benji Kirkpatrick – are driven by a desire to “banish all that is anodyne and fey in…

What is a storymap? It sounds very philosophical imprinted upon an album cover, but… how (and why) would you "map" stories? The cartographers in question are Kris Drever, guitarist, mandolin player and vocalist, usually spied as part of the…

Opening with a slow-building instrumental that recalls the anthems of Tex-Mex romantics Calexico, this is an album that makes its seductive pitch straight away. Soon the big sky theme is overtaken by dreamy harmony vocals, and it’s no…