Plumb

AlbumApr 02 / 201315 songs, 35m 47s
Progressive Pop Art Pop
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7.3 / 10

Following their 2010 double album, Field Music's latest finds them returning to the more succinct and fractured impulses that guided their earlier work.

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In the lineage of McCartney, Davies, Partridge, and Albarn, Field Music is a purveyor of catchy, cutting commentary on the weird patterns of modern British life. Yet the duo’s worldview and the minute machinations of its music draw equally from the groundbreaking 20th-century German philosophers Kraftwerk, who only…

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So, here’s Plumb. The second record after the hiatus, and the first following the double-record detonation of (Measure).…

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Album number four from the brothers Brewis is a notable departure from 2010’s Measure, which, like its title denotes, was restrained by a more ‘classic’ songwriting structure. Plumb is a richly textured and many-layered display of musical wizardry. Songs go through so many different changes that it becomes difficult to keep track, with fragmentations that can sound a bit too much like the more demanding moments of Pink Floyd for these ears.

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Plumb marks the return of the brainy Peter and David Brewis, after setting up a new recording space (the previous spot they shared with The Futureheads closed its doors after 10 years). Life goes on, and thankfully so does Field Music.

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Field Music add heavenly harmonies to their singular indie-rock on an impressive fourth album, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>

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It's baffling on first listen, but on closer inspection Field Music's fourth album reveals a pop sharpness amid its complexity, writes <strong>Dave Simpson</strong>

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Field Music - Plumb review: So serene...a crossing into a world where the factual and concrete meet the ethereal.

CD CHOICE : Plumb Memphasis Industries ****

Lack patience with prog rock’s long-windedness? This is just the ticket. CD review by Kieron Tyler

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