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- Date Released: January 1, 2005
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Alternative
- Label: Memphis Industries
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We Say...
Containing members of both the Futureheads and Maximo Park, the British band Field Music contains none of the nervous twitching or fretful fretwork that characterizes those bands. Instead, their songs are gorgeously sanded, like driftwood or beach glass. Recalling Komeda or a sterner Sea & Cake, the songs on the group's debut float airy, falsetto vocals over whirring piano and loose, ambling bass. But despite the intricacy of the arrangements, the music is neither arid nor academic. The record is a kaleidoscope of off-kilter harmonies, with songs changing shape several times before reaching their conclusions. Unpredictable and ceaselessly fascinating, Field Music turn pop inside-out and fiddle with its gears and levers.
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They Say...
Field Music are a trio of northern lads who work a rich seam of melodic and angular guitar with indie pop arrangements on their excellent self-titled debut record. For those who enjoy easy comparisions, here are a few: XTC at their most pop, the Beach Boys fed through a post-punk strainer, the New Pornographers with a dimmer switch. Formed by original Futureheads drummer Peter Brewis (and joined by brother David and Andrew Moore), the group shares some of the herky-jerky, harmony-rich feel of the Futureheads but exhibits a much calmer and more melancholy and diverse approach. The 12 tracks feature loads of vocal harmonies, inventive arrangements (harmonicas, glockenspiels, saxophones, falsettos galore), and soaring choruses the likes of which put them ahead of their old mates and at the forefront of this year's model of the British Invasion. Indeed, when Field Music are working at their peak, as on the quietly desperate "Got to Get the Nerve," "Like When You Meet Someone Else," the cello-sporting pop gem "Shorter Shorter," and the autumnal "It's Not the Only Way to Feel Happy," they display a feel for dynamics and an unfailingly catchy style of songcraft that their counterparts can't come near. That is enough to make Field Music one of the bands to watch in the mid-2000s, and to make their album one you have to hear if you are dedicated to smart, inventive, and exciting guitar pop.
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If Only the Moon Were Up |
3:02 |
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| 02. | |
Tell Me Keep Me |
3:13 |
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| 03. | |
Pieces |
3:02 |
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| 04. | |
Luck Is a Fine Thing |
2:18 |
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| 05. | |
Shorter Shorter |
1:56 |
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| 06. | |
It's Not the Only Way to Feel Happy |
5:21 |
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17 |
2:43 |
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| 08. | |
Like When You Meet Someone Else |
3:22 |
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| 09. | |
You Can Decide |
2:15 |
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| 10. | |
Got to Get the Nerve |
4:03 |
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| 11. | |
Got to Write a Letter |
3:12 |
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| 12. | |
You're So Pretty |
3:22 |
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| 13. | |
You're Not Supposed to |
2:36 |
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| 14. | |
Trying to Sit Out |
1:48 |
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| 15. | |
I'm Tired |
2:47 |
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15 Total Tracks, 45:00 Total Length
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Credits
- Peter Richardson - Violin // Steve Rowland - Design // Paul Kinder - Assistant // David Brewis - Producer // Emma Fisk - Drums // Laura Sandy - Assistant // Laura Staniland - Assistant // Peter Stebbing - Assistant
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