Temporary Residence Limited US Vinilo y CD

Review: For his latest must-check aural excursion, Field Works main man Stuart Hyatt decided to craft a brand-new album from bits of his previous set, Cedars, removing that album's spoken word vocals and instead adding waves of evocative field recordings (all captured in a Welsh forest) and fresh piano work (courtesy of Julien Merchal). The results are rather wonderful, with lilting pedal steel, gentle acoustic guitars, distant vocalisations and subtle ambient electronics tiptoeing through a bed of rustling autumnal leaves, birdsong and swaying leaves. There are naturally some experimental moments amongst the lusciousness, but even these are calming, heart-warming and genuinely beguiling. In a word: stunning.