Didn't see Gerald's response to my reissue cry 4 months ago, but yeah, bought the LTM reissues for Field Mice and NPL, but I want them on all vinyl. The Sarah Records story is pretty interesting and the original vinyl artifacts are cool to have.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 30 July 2015 04:38 (eight years ago) link
Loving this Field Mice related record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2YM217Bhf4
― JacobSanders, Saturday, 22 January 2022 16:59 (two years ago) link
It is indeed a fine album. Probably my most played of 2020.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Saturday, 22 January 2022 17:29 (two years ago) link
Huh, I don't know these guys. So they have some connection to Trembling Blue Stars?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 22 January 2022 17:45 (two years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/artist/3798108-The-Luxembourg-Signal
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Saturday, 22 January 2022 18:20 (two years ago) link
bobby wratten stole the show on their second album. this might as well be a field mice song from the vaults:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUV_Ciq2nsI
("fall feeling")
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Saturday, 22 January 2022 18:22 (two years ago) link
Related, this is interesting:
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2022/01/twee-fashion-indie-music-industry-sarah-records
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 23 January 2022 13:48 (two years ago) link
skimmed. nothing revelatory to me, but cool piece nonetheless.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Sunday, 23 January 2022 16:42 (two years ago) link
thanks for sharing, btw. good stuff.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Sunday, 23 January 2022 16:43 (two years ago) link
New Twilight Hour LP called 'Overwintering' coming soon
― Stop the tape I got spittle all over my moustache. (Talcum Mucker), Sunday, 23 January 2022 16:46 (two years ago) link
wonderful news! i deleted my instagram and that was my source for updates on them, so thank you for posting! definitely been on my wish list for some time.
i also posted it on the trembling blue stars thread, but here's bobby's ambient cassette-only thing (released under the liath name) from 2017: quiet actions.
― get shrunk by this funk. (Austin), Sunday, 23 January 2022 17:01 (two years ago) link
this is the most head-over-heels-in-love first listen I've had for any band in a long time, what the fuck
― imago, Sunday, 17 December 2023 22:18 (four months ago) link
did you start listening to them because of the mouse murder thread, as an act of solidarity
― 🍍🥧 (cat), Sunday, 17 December 2023 22:46 (four months ago) link
No results found for "the killing field mice".
― 🍍🥧 (cat), Sunday, 17 December 2023 23:00 (four months ago) link
"Emma's House" over and over
Also "White"
― Evan, Sunday, 17 December 2023 23:11 (four months ago) link
"the killing field mice" omg
someone I'm pals with on RYM made a list of essential tweepop and put their big 1998 compilation on it. The first half of Disc 1 is amazing
― imago, Sunday, 17 December 2023 23:27 (four months ago) link
they are wonderful. so are trembling blue stars, I think some of the songwriting there hits new heights for him but there's something special about the field mice
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 18 December 2023 03:37 (four months ago) link
LJ may I recommend the twee Coil stylings of "Humblebee" (IIRC not on that comp)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVNWnn67X8c
― etc, Monday, 18 December 2023 20:48 (four months ago) link
Thanks, will try shortly!
I liked Disc 2 almost even more than Disc 1 in the end, there's some fantastic stuff buried deep within it. Always runs the risk of getting stuck in a sort of corny trance but there's so much lovely work throughout. The bassist is a hero
― imago, Monday, 18 December 2023 20:59 (four months ago) link
They are synonymous with twee in many circles, but there is so much more to them than that.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 December 2023 21:02 (four months ago) link
Absolutely. There's some serious (and highly varied) pastoral evocation going on here
― imago, Monday, 18 December 2023 21:05 (four months ago) link
holland street is a dazzling instrumental
― brimstead, Monday, 18 December 2023 21:22 (four months ago) link
i adore "missing the moon" but i've never really dug into them beyond that
― ufo, Monday, 18 December 2023 21:33 (four months ago) link
“letting go” is really gorgeous and dreamy too, I don’t think it’s on the Shinkansen comp.
― brimstead, Monday, 18 December 2023 21:40 (four months ago) link
"Other Galaxies" is pretty epic by their standards, and only shows up on a Waaah! comp if I recall. They also recorded a version of Loop's "Burning Sky" for a Waaah! flexidisc. There could be an amazing collection of experimental stuff by The Field Mice in which the word "twee" dare not be spoken.
― henry s, Monday, 18 December 2023 21:48 (four months ago) link
only field mice I own is For Keeps and it has such an inventive and surprising mix of styles, much more than I expected from their twee rep
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 18 December 2023 21:50 (four months ago) link
I'm not super familiar with the Field Mice catalog but "Fabulous Friend" sounds like it came straight off of R.E.M.'s Reckoning, which is a very good thing in my book.
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Monday, 18 December 2023 21:56 (four months ago) link
Too many people here need to explore more it seems
― Evan, Monday, 18 December 2023 21:56 (four months ago) link
this song from a Peel Session is so good, v New Orderish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_27IUnBk1o
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 18 December 2023 22:13 (four months ago) link
― brimstead, Monday, 18 December 2023 21:22 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
this one absolutely leapt out at me yeah
― imago, Monday, 18 December 2023 22:39 (four months ago) link
Humblebee was lovely ty!
― imago, Monday, 18 December 2023 22:47 (four months ago) link
ditto Anoint
― imago, Monday, 18 December 2023 22:53 (four months ago) link
"Below The Stars" has a lovely Lazer Guided Melodies vibe. More of this sort of thing please!
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 19:24 (four months ago) link
Another obscure good one, originally given away on vinyl with Bob Stanley’s old Caff zine. Goes for a small fortune nowadays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYsMIDKeMCI
― piscesx, Wednesday, 20 December 2023 13:26 (four months ago) link