Field Music (Measure)
Following a self-imposed three year hiatus Sunderland's Field Music return with a new 20 track double album. Powered, as ever, by brothers and co-front men Peter and David Brewis Field Music (Measure) is a gloriously rich LP that entwines the brother's renewed love of the rock music cannon with a rediscovery of some of pop's overlooked adventurers. From the dissonant funk of 'Let's Write A Book' (a call to arms for the perpetually apologetic), the mutated blues of 'Each Time Is A New Time' (a riposte to misplaced faith in repetition), the chopping and splashing pop of 'Them That Do Nothing' (perhaps about a valiant willingness to make mistakes), the multilayered riffery of 'The Rest Is Noise' or the epic found-sound song cycle that starts with 'See You Later' Field Music (Measure) is the sound of one of the UK's finest bands in supreme and confident control.
After breaking to work as School of Language and the Week That Was, the brothers Brewis return for a new Field Music LP.
After a temporary split into School Of Language and The Week That Was, David and Peter Brewis have reconvened Field Music, returning with the 20-song, 70-minute Measure. The band’s 2005 debut album offered a concise introduction to the Field Music sound, nodding both to the Reich-ian wing of early-’80s new wave and…
A lot happened to Field Music between the release of 2007’s Tones of Town and 2010’s Field Music (Measure).
After overcoming a mini identity crisis with side projects The Week That Was and School Of Language, the Brewis brothers have returned to expand Field Music’s sonic palette in both quality and quant
The double album is a concept traditionally held together by a grand, unifying idea.
There's a strong whiff of prog to the new double album from the Brewis brothers, reckons <strong>Dave Simpson</strong>
Field Music - Field Music (Measure) review: The kind of double album that will have you prancing around Stonehedge in your sleep.