Fans of Tortoise, Szun Waves, Tangents and other avant-garde jazzers / jazz-adjacent twiddlers will find much joy in this lean, playful and inventive sophomore effort by SML. Highly recommended and sure to feature in my forthcoming Top 40 Albums of 2025...

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A wee mobile snap from the ridge of Stob Coire Cregach 817m- looking south-east to Beinn Ime and the Arrochar Alps North of Loch Lomond...

Lovely autumnal views over the Linn Of Dee neat Braemar yesterday afforded from the summit of the corbett Carn na Drochaide (818m). Worth persisting through the heavy rain on the graham Creag Bhalg 668m earlier that morning...

I do very much dig this amalgam of Neuköln Bowie, Eno and Cocteau Twins that Cate Le Bon has gradually perfected over recent albums- arriving at the consistency of rich, layered and engulfing treacle and making the sound all her own. 'Mothers Of Riches' is perfect.

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Views to Beinn Sgritheall, Beinn nan Caorach, Ladhar Bheinn, Knoydart generally and the Isles of Rum and Eigg from the summit of the corbett Beinn na h-Eaglaise in Scotland- captured on 17th March 2025.

Panorama from the summit of the corbett Beinn Chuirn near Tyndrum in Scotland on a crisp winter day, including Ben Lui, Beinn Dorainn, Ben Challum and the Crianlarich munros- captured on 2nd January 2025.

View from the summit of the corbett Cir Mhor on the Isle of Arran in Scotland, taking in Beinn Tarsuinn, Caisteal Abhail and Goat Fell- captured before an overnight summit camp on 13th May 2025.

Temperature inversion over Strathyre Forest near Callander in Scotland, as seen from the corbett Beinn Each, including views of Ben Ledi, Ben More, Stob Binnein and the Ben Lawers range- captured 13th October 2025.