Midway between Iceland and Scotland is the inspirational cluster of islands the Faroe Islands. "I think that nature influences every artist from [here]," states native singer-songwriter Guðrið Hansdóttir who hails from its capital Tórshavn, and in listening to her third record Beyond the Grey, you could be in no doubt. Released on Beste! Unterhaltung (Broken Silence) it continues in the 30 year old's plight of heavily location-influenced chamber folk, with songs steeped in the Faroes natural landscape. She speaks of eddying winds and the celebrations of the earth and oceans, while percussive claps of thunder are just one mark of an onomatepoeic marriage between her music and lyrics through the 40-minute run. Her sound at its heart is a blend of Scandinavian folk which draws upon a mixture of her love of Swedish pop and 1970s classic rock, while vocally she recalls Basia Bulat's deliciously crisp tone, that while harbouring a girlish pop spring in its step, is by no means lighthearted. 'A Faroese Fisherman Speaks of Drowning' is modern day folklore tale, very much thematic of the landscape from which it is drawn, while the mandolin led 'Í Mjørka' employs the works of Randi Ward, a West Virginian poet who spent much time on the Faroes and whose poems have formed the lyrics on Beyond the Grey's, with Hansdóttir capturing its Americana vibe perfectly.