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Field Music
- Record Label: Memphis Industries/Revolver.
- Release Date: Feb 16, 2010
- Summary: The indie rock English outfit made up of brothers David and Peter Brewis (original drummer in the Futureheads) has reunited with founder/director Andrew Moore on its latest, Field Music (Measure).
- Record Label: Memphis Industries/Revolver.
- Genre(s): Alternative
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 21
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Mixed: 5 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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The Brewis brothers may be at odds with the modern world, but in this stunningly realised double album, they've created the ultimate sanctuary.
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And when the Brewis brothers bust out in full XTC-style guitar-pop mode on the surging “Effortlessly” and the hopeful “Share The Words,” the songs bloom all the brighter.
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MojoThe Brewis brothers opt for distinctive texture of sampled acoustic guitar. Measure--a sprawling gem of album-- is full of such inspired decisions. [Mar 2010, p.98]
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This is a record built on the dependable building blocks of guitar, bass and drums, albeit arranged and (presumably) Pro-Tooled into exciting, original new formations.
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Although it packs 20 songs into nearly 70 minutes, Field Music (Measure) feels remarkably concise and well-plotted — a series of harmony-rich guitar-pop ditties and resonant motifs that are covertly part of a larger package.
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Freed from self-imposed musical constraints, ‘Field Music (Measure)’ is big, bold and beautiful.
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Field Music can certainly use each song’s inherent tension to keep each song coherent, but over two album’s worth of music, that tension is diluted, and the songs tend to run into each other.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 9
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Mixed: 0 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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MatthewDJun 18, 2010Creative, Varied, Authentic, Quirky, Simple, Complicated, Enjoyable!
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ToniTFeb 22, 2010
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AdrianF.Feb 18, 2010Like all the best bits of early Yes, Queen, XTC and Beatles. But more then the sum of its parts.
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stevebMay 17, 2010
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AdamLFeb 22, 2010This is an excellent album. Normally a double album would struggle to keep me interested, but this just keeps you gasping for more. Great stuff.
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Aug 16, 2010
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FrancescaMar 8, 2010
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