At the heart of The Star Department's superb debut album <em>The Pea Green Boat</em> lies 'Stitches and Sleeves'. The track is bound together by a heartbreaking guitar line, a silvery waltz-time figure that sends shivers up the spine. Combined with shuffling drums, a muted yet ominous horn section, and Justin Commins vulnerable, almost defeated vocal, the song radiates melancholic pop magic.