Music journalists are fond of Scandinavia, of the romantic wastes of the North.
But what of the unexplored places in our own land? Caithness is Britain's most northernly mainland country, a beautifully barren triangle of land which peers into the North Sea.
Neon Waltz call it home. The band share a croft in the countryside, which they use as their own personal laboratory to carve out contagious psychedelic hymnals.
'Bare Wood Aisles' went online a few moments ago, and it's a wonderful step beyond those ragged yet promising early demo recordings.
Opening with a twinkling guitar line, the Vox organ sitting underneath adds a real sense of warmth. Comparisons are oddly Scouse in nature: The Coral's wistful moments, for example, or even cult songsmith Michael Head.
But there's something beautifully Scottish about it all; in the rise and fall, the tidal swell of the drums or even the gorgeous harmonies which seem to hang together in the air and then disappear into the night.
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