Joanna Newsom, Julianna Barwick and The Leisure Society and commented on its "significant charm". BBC Review's Gary Mulholland hailed it as "the world's first baroque-Krautrock-folk-rock-Michael Nyman-madrigal-Kate Bush-electro-pop album" and as being "genuinely very beautiful." He also commented that "North Sea Radio Orchestra really should be smug, boring and irrelevant. So how do they make this stuff so exciting?... The words throughout the album feel like the thoughts of someone so outside of the real world that they can hover above themselves, watching their own futile attempts to connect, like a child watching ants and pondering whether to drown them. This alienated, superior feel is contrasted by the sheer beauty of Craig Fortnam's melodies, which have that knack of suddenly shifting to the one chord available that can make spines tingle and toes curl with pleasure. Meanwhile, the arrangements wear their classical and ancient folk influences so lightly that a track like "Berliner Luft" can find itself sounding like Neu! without need of drums nor electric guitars." Track listing All music written by Craig Fortnam except where noted. All arrangements by Craig Fortnam. Lyricists as credited. Morpheus Miracle Maker (lyrics by Craig Fortnam) (5:21) I a Moon (lyrics by Sharron Fortnam) (2:23) Guitar Miniature #3 (1:42) Heavy Weather (lyrics by Craig Fortnam/Sharron Fortnam) (8:09) Berliner Luft (6:11) Morpheus Drone (2:25) The Earth Beneath Our Feet (lyrics by Craig Fortnam) (5:31) Ring Moonlets (3:22) When Things Fall Apart (lyrics by Craig Fortnam/Sharron Fortnam) (4:31) Mitte Der Welt (6:08) Personnel North Sea Radio Orchestra: Craig Fortnam: nylon-string acoustic guitar, chamber organ, percussion, vocals Sharron Fortnam: lead vocals (soprano) Dug Parker: vocals (main harmonies) James Larcombe: monosynth, chamber organ, hurdy-gurdy Ben Davies: piano, chamber organ Nicola Baigent: clarinet, bass clarinet Luke Crookes: bassoon Harry Escott: cello Brian Wright: violin, viola Hugh Wilkinson: percussion with Matt Shmigelsky: extra bells Sarah Cutts, Jo Spratley: backing vocals on "'Morpheus Miracle Maker" Notes References 2011 albums North Sea Radio Orchestra albums