After making lots of friends and influencing people last year with debut EP Cuban Green and full-length album Small Circle, Clayhill are back again with this acoustic eight-track release with some 'old' (if only by a year or so) songs and some new ones, all recorded as three-piece and very stripped down.

On the back of the album, they describe it like this: "Some of the tour dates for Small Circle were played as a three piece, Clayhill in its core form.

"On returning, we couldn't resist the temptation to record these and some new tunes as a one take live session with our front of house man Johnny Mac at the helm. A seaside souvenir." So there you have it.

Figure Of Eight from Cuban Green and Northern Soul from Small Circle both benefit greatly from the quiet majesty of an 'unplugged' set and their folky roots come shining through, particularly on the latter, which sounds fantastic.

They were compared to the likes of Tim Hardin and Nick Drake last year, and that is even more evident here, and it all bodes very well for their second album, which is due to come out early next year.

Face Of The Sun is another highlight, with Ali Friend's warm bass-line sounding just right, while Grasscutter finds Gavin Clark's emotional vocals soaring even higher than on the Cuban Green version.

New songs Funny How and Discordents, as well as B-side Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want round off the album, which will delight fans of Clayhill first two releases as well as those who have followed Clark from the underrated Sunhouse.