"We've been eulogising this group's live performances for some time, but with this album they've brilliantly committed their essence to shiny disc ... Telling The Bees are an extremely smart batch of cookies (academics and published authors, don'cha know) but their clever, complex music is always utterly accessible ... They can do weird (Astrolabe) without being twee and rewrite lumps of tradition into original work (Oxford May Song) without being corny. They can tell fantastic stories (A Puppeteer Came Into Town) and create highly relevant new songs from existing poetry (John Clare's I Fear These Tory Radicals). They also know that "sometimes words are not enough" and unleash the kind of intense, euphoric dance grooves (Windflower) associated with fellow travellers Spiro - with whom, oh joy of joys!, they're appearing at Sidmouth Folk Week. Don't miss them".