This is excellent! The vocals are great and the backing vocals as well. The only thing, for me, was I thought it should have been limited to acoustic guitars. The percussion was very nice but I thought the lead just stuck out.
 
Either way, excellent song!!!

philz
Quite a lovely tune there, James.  Everything is sitting just right to my ears.

Thanks Phil!

Nice work... enjoyable listen.  Ditto on the comments above.

Wookiee
Beautiful

Thanks John

HOLY CRAP!!!  THATS An Amazing Lyric!

Beagle
very nicely done gentlemen!  lovely performances all around.  great mix!

Thanks Reece!

how can you be so good at nailing the English folk sound and then at the drop of a hat nail the US folk sound too?
great playing and such intelligent lyrics. the mix is your usual model of clarity. love how you switch the backing to electric guitar briefly after the solo.
perhaps the ending/final chorus could be a bit bigger with a change in percussion would be my only thought.

Lynn
One of the best I've ever heard here.  Could be a classic.

Wow, thanks Lynn!  It's certainly my favourite (so far) of all the songs Tim's written over the years.

emeraldsoul
Crap, this is good. I echo everyone else's kudos!
 
Mix-wise, what about a little lower volume, or some chorus or more reverb treatment, of that appegiated guitar in the first half of the song? I found it kind of poking out, maybe just a little less high end frequency eq? It competes with the excellent vocals, you might volume automate it down a little more while the vocals are doing their thing.
 
Muy Bueno.
 
-Tom

 
Thanks Tom. Are you talking about the fingerpicked 'banjaxe' that starts the song, or the 2 panned electric guitars doing the ostinato arpgeggios?

Serious_Noize!
Old school goodness!!! Enjoyed hearing this one!!! 
Kudos all the way around!
 

 
Thanks Bobby!