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- Date Released: February 20, 2007
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Alternative
- Label: Memphis Industries / V2 Records
Sunderland group expand their restless template on their second proper album.
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We Say...
Given the huge success of Sunderland’s the Futureheads in recent years, it would be easy to overlook the other residents of this small northern town, itself an annexe to the much larger and brasher Newcastle-upon-Tyne. However, the three skewed minds that comprise Field Music have been quietly ploughing a similarly unique furrow of their own for many a year.
Whilst holding down full-time jobs, they’ve knocked out recordings at an alarming rate — so many, in fact, they were released in their own right last year as Write Your Own History, after their eponymous debut album. Field Music introduced an intrigued public to a collection of tightly woven quirk-pop nuggets wedged somewhere between XTC and the Beach Boys. It was a perfect initial manifesto from a band that wriggled free of expectation — even during the individual songs. Their second proper album, Tones of Town, meanwhile, was met this year with fevered expectation. Expanding their restless template, it’s full of obtuse ditties on the rubbishness of modern life, from the human beatbox and glockenspiel combo of "Sit Tight" to the beautifully harmonised but achingly sad "Working to Work." -
They Say...
There's no hint of a sophomore slump on Field Music's second record, Tones of Town. Maybe the record is less of a thrill because the initial surprise of discovering a new band as melodically rich, inventive and effortlessly hooky as they are has worn off. Now you can be surprised they not only didn't blow it completely, but they pulled off the rare feat of making a more interesting and satisfying follow-up to a classic debut. Less thrilling, perhaps, but more filling. Indeed, the songs are filled with more layers of emotion, arranged more brilliantly and played with even more precision and warmth. It's a less angular sounding album with softer edges and a fuller sound. Softer, but not complacent in any way as the band adds enough left-field sonic trickery (glitchy electronic effects, MOR strings) to keep things very interesting. They also play with a tightly controlled strength that makes the rare moments that they do let loose (like on the chorus of "In Context") seem even more fiery. This is a record made by craftsmen who know exactly what they are doing; there's not a wasted note, stray emotion or duff moment to be found, and the songs (like "A House Is Not a Home," "Working to Work," "Closer at Hand" and "She Can Do What She Wants") are examples of pop music at its best; smart, catchy, bright and full of passion. Tones of Town cements Field Music's place as one of the best pop bands of any kind operating in 2007.
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| 01. |  |
Give It, Lose It, Take It |
3:56 |
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| 02. | |
Sit Tight |
3:01 |
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| 03. | |
Tones Of Town |
3:05 |
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| 04. | |
A House Is Not A Home |
2:36 |
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| 05. | |
Kingston |
1:53 |
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| 06. | |
Working To Work |
2:50 |
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| 07. | |
In Context |
3:37 |
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| 08. | |
A Gap Has Appeared |
2:00 |
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| 09. | |
Close At Hand |
2:29 |
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| 10. | |
Place Yourself |
3:01 |
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| 11. | |
She Can Do What She Wants |
3:06 |
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11 Total Tracks, 31:34 Total Length
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Credits
- Peter Richardson - Cello // Steve Rowland - Design // David Brewis - Performer // Andrew Moore - Performer // Rachael Davis - Violin // Peter Brewis - Performer // Emma Fisk - Violin
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