Following the rise in popularity of similar Scottish Alternative Folk artists such as Frightened Rabbit, they began sending demo's out to independent record labels.

Their first real live show in a gig venue was on 14 November at the Wee Red Bar at the Edinburgh College of Art, supporting Fife based Singer/Songwriter Panda Su.

The single received glowing reviews in the Scottish press including 4 stars in both The List and The Skinny, and was followed up by the release of their debut album Heart of the Land, Soul of the Sea on 4 October, a year exactly after their first public live performance.

Largely a concept album based around a love story between two opposing characters - one who is tied to the land and is afraid of the ocean but falls in love with someone who is forever at sea - Heart of the Land, Soul of the Sea received many plaudits on its release, and topped many bloggers end of year polls, ending up in the top ten best selling albums of 2010 in Scotland's biggest independent record store Avalanche Records.

A handful of songs from the album received generous BBC airplay by presenters such as Vic Galloway, Gideon Coe and Ally McCrae.

In 2011 they were invited to play the Fence Records annual Home Game festival, and have made appearances at other notable events including Acoustic Gathering in Scarborough.