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It’s one that you can genuinely believe too. If 'This Is The Sound Of…' were an item of clothing, rather than an album, it would be a cosy woolly jumper knitted in a snug corner of a wind-swept crofter's cottage.

The Winter Journey - 'This Is The Sound

It’s all just so lovely. Crafted with tenderness and pride, it is an album of gentle joy that comes laden with tiny pieces of beauty, unusual gifts of zither meanderings and finger picked guitar, and no end of unexpected treats.

Yet, the real power of Anthony Braithwaite and Suzy Mangion's work comes not in the instrumentation or the calm interplay between their vocals, but in the strength of the songwriting that underpins it all.

Be it in the rolling, racing sparkle of 'Clean Kick', the delectable reel of 'Turning Circle', the brooding heart of 'Kill Devil Hills' or even the curious rewiring of the much-loved spiritual 'When The Saints Go Marching In', here simply called 'Saints', the solid bedrock on which the pair build their ethereal delights is just weighty enough to ensure that the beauty is memorable, rather than fleeting.

Delightful and delicious, it is an album so heart-warming, it almost makes you weep – and that is as beautiful a reaction as the sentiment it conveys deserves.