Since the release of their debut album ‘The Younger', Harris Tweed has made good on the set of folk/pop songs contained in that release by becoming one of the most affecting live acts in the country.

Through a full slate of domestic gigs, slots supporting the likes of Swedish master singer-songwriter, Jose Gonzales, and a turn at Austin's South By Southwest Festival, Cherilyn MacNeil and Darryl Torr have breathed organic and heartfelt life into the songs on ‘The Younger'. The album's ability to balance a playful wittiness with sincere songs of love lost, won, and all its complications is nothing short of a revelation, no matter how many times it gets a spin on your music player.

That MacNeil and Torr, and their now-regular musicians Alan Shenton and Darren Leader have managed to pursue a musical vision that pays little attention to current chart fads and the conceits of those who occupy the mainstream says a whole heap about Harris Tweed's single-mindedness – which is driven by a desire to create a songbook that lives long in the lives of those who come into its path. This hasn't prevented Harris Tweed from earning airtime with the likes of ‘Superfly' and ‘Ode To Confusion', both brilliant examples of intelligent pop, the latter in particular a standout live, with MacNeil displaying her winning quirkiness on the wings of song that simply sounds like no other you've ever heard.

With a live DVD on its way, and a new album in the works, there appears every reason to believe that Harris Tweed will do the cloth it's named after proud – by becoming beloved in homes far, far beyond our borders.