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- Summary: The Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival commissioned the band to compose a new score for the 1929 silent documentary by John Grierson called Drifters.
- Record Label: Memphis Industries
- Genre(s): Soundtrack
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Positive: 8 out of 9
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Mixed: 1 out of 9
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Aug 4, 2015Music For Drifters is another fine showcase for the prodigious talents of this Sunderland twosome.
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Jul 23, 2015Something cleansing, refreshing and captivating, much like a dip in the sea. Once again, they’ve managed it here.
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Jul 13, 2015As an instrumental score, fans may miss the clever kitchen sink turns of phrase that have populated Field Music lyrics since 2005’s self-titled debut, but Music For Drifters breaks down the band’s distinctive sound to its raw DNA.
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Jul 23, 2015It stands on its own, too: as with all of their creations, the gentle dusting of a hi-hat and the nervous wobble of a xylophone undulate and entwine as if the instruments are in conversation.
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Jul 22, 2015Music for Drifters definitely represents a diversion from whatever constitutes Field Music’s ‘normal’ work, but it’s also an unquestionably lovely addition to their impeccable discography.
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Jul 24, 2015Ultimately, Music for Drifters ebbs and flows with the documentary, moving from idyllic seaside splendor to foreboding mid-ocean swells and back again.
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Q MagazineJul 13, 2015Entirely instrumental, it retains the band's elasticated, rhythmic approach but stretches and softens it to create something much more atmospheric and evocative. [Aug 2015, p.105]
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