Really digging Disappointed.
― dc, Sunday, 24 January 2016 13:40 (eight years ago) link
really, really liking this
― ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Monday, 1 February 2016 22:49 (eight years ago) link
feels like they've recaptured the spirit of Measure
anyone seem them live? they're coming to town next month .
― Darin, Monday, 1 February 2016 22:53 (eight years ago) link
gf says "seriously very very good, so tight" but that was in 2010
here's the streeeeam http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/feb/01/listen-to-field-music-new-album-pre-prelease-commontime-exclusive-album-stream
― ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Monday, 1 February 2016 22:56 (eight years ago) link
I am looking forward to seeing them live in Exeter at last.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 15:23 (eight years ago) link
Haven't heard this yet, but Tones of Town is the one to beat, for me at least.
― The Dave Grohl of ILX (Turrican), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 15:29 (eight years ago) link
love their last few records, excited for this
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 15:51 (eight years ago) link
not ashamed to say it was the Steely Dan reference in the pfork article that made me listen. that said, tones of town is terrific in ways I wasn't expecting
― calstars, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 17:19 (eight years ago) link
i don't think they sound like steely dan at all! have heard XTC comparisons too which are closer but still not quite on the nose
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 17:46 (eight years ago) link
The opener of the new LP is Steely Dan-tastic, IMO.
― The Dave Grohl of ILX (Turrican), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 18:08 (eight years ago) link
listening to this now, and it seems more Steely Dan than XTC, and parts of it are Hall and Oates-ish. XTC aren't this laid back even when they play soft songs.
― Dominique, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 18:37 (eight years ago) link
They were great opening for The Clientele in 2010. As polished as the records.
― Ys Man a.k.a. Have One on G (geoffreyess), Wednesday, 3 February 2016 01:26 (eight years ago) link
I hear some high llamas/ b Wilson stuff on tones of town and some 80s aor vibes on the new one.
They really don't seem to be recent recordings and I love that.
― calstars, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 02:54 (eight years ago) link
ok yeah 'disappointed' is great and i def hear the steely dan in it (also some bowie and hall&oates and phil collins like all their previous records)
their weirdo sense of melody/harmony has always been what sets them apart from their influences though. phrases and chord progressions resolve in unexpected ways or are left hanging, etc etc
― ciderpress, Thursday, 4 February 2016 15:12 (eight years ago) link
I am going to try and leave work early to pick this up from the record emporium. Rock n roll.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 5 February 2016 12:11 (eight years ago) link
This is pretty wonderful. The twists and turns of Plumb, which I know some people found a bit irritating, are shorn off, but the whole thing is much more elongated and groovey. There are the same number number of songs as Plumb, but the album's a good 20 minutes longer.
It definitely follows on from the last School Of Language LP, which was very much in thrall to Prince too.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 8 February 2016 09:13 (eight years ago) link
Also their records just sound absolutely beautiful.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 8 February 2016 10:40 (eight years ago) link
yeah this is a stunner
― sktsh, Friday, 12 February 2016 08:49 (eight years ago) link
Looking forward to checking this out.
Q for Britishers -- about how popular would you say they are in the UK? I don't feel like many of my friends here in the US know them.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 20:37 (eight years ago) link
They're very much a cult act here. They're well known enough to a particular group of people, but they're definitely far from "man on the street" well-known.
― // 166,000 W A N K E R S // LOVE (Turrican), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 20:41 (eight years ago) link
I think a lot of rock fans who follow new music are at least aware of them. I saw them in magazines fairly often. I first became aware of them when they supported British Sea Power, they were very good and quite funny. Although I was surprised at how small the audience was at one gig.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 21:11 (eight years ago) link
I think they are really, really good, but I also wonder what the audience is for them. Here I would guess they would (or do) play best to the aging-hipster-to-boomer set, AAA radio (is that still a thing?), Paste magazine (see prior comment), NPR. But in the best way possible.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 21:20 (eight years ago) link
Agreed that people here in the US don't seem to be aware of them. They're playing what is pretty much my city's smallest proper venue in a couple weeks, and it probably won't even sell out. And tix are only 12 bucks!
But yeah, some hype from the likes of NPR would prob help these guys out. (As you said, in the best way possible!)
― dc, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 21:24 (eight years ago) link
I don't remember how I found Tones of Town (I think it was a couple years after it came out), but I remember first thinking it was something from the mid to late 70s, and second thinking "Why has no one ever even mentioned this band's name to me before?"
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 21:48 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I def came upon them by accident, too. (Uh, to the extent that obsessive-compulsively looking up every band I hear about for the last 20 years is an accident.)
― dc, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 21:56 (eight years ago) link
lol otm
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 21:58 (eight years ago) link
I would guess they would (or do) play best to the aging-hipster-to-boomer set
Yeah, that more or less sums up the (small) crowd that showed up for them in DC last night. They were playing with a smaller band than usual; show had an appealing seat-of-the-pants quality. I dug it.
― dc, Friday, 25 March 2016 14:36 (eight years ago) link
oh yeah they're playing NYC tomorrow, almost forgot, may try to get tix
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Friday, 25 March 2016 14:51 (eight years ago) link
playing tonight in philly. can't believe the show isn't sold out
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 25 March 2016 14:57 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, neither is NYC it seems. Small venue too. Guess whoever promotes them has not figured out how to do it properly. Want to go but I am old and a 9pm show with two openers definitely means a late start time.
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Friday, 25 March 2016 15:00 (eight years ago) link
there were maybe like 60 or 70 ppl at the show last night. they went on at 10:15.
― dc, Friday, 25 March 2016 15:04 (eight years ago) link
anti-prog press has poisoned listeners to this type of stuff too
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 25 March 2016 15:14 (eight years ago) link
yeah sounding like genesis is not cool in 2016
― ciderpress, Friday, 25 March 2016 16:53 (eight years ago) link
or roxy music or XTC really, which is way too bad
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 25 March 2016 18:07 (eight years ago) link
Which is also super-weird, because my teenage kids and all their friends are really into Roxy Music. You could make a million dollars if you were a young Ferry soundalike right now, I'd-a thought.
― hardcore dilettante, Friday, 25 March 2016 18:13 (eight years ago) link
The band isn't getting enough attention for this album, which is excellent, but they've never really been a big thing in the US even when they were kinda buzzy a decade ago.
Disappointed is so great and I finally figured out what song it reminds me of: Love at First Sight by XTC
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Friday, 25 March 2016 18:17 (eight years ago) link
I don't really hear the Roxy Music parallels
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Friday, 25 March 2016 18:18 (eight years ago) link
roxy music + gentle giant x XTC = fairly solid description imho. they've got the funk
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 25 March 2016 18:30 (eight years ago) link
great show! one brother had a huge grin on his face the whole time, playing drums or guitar
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 26 March 2016 13:33 (eight years ago) link
I think it's hard to sell a band in their age category to younger fans when the band isn't either pretending to be younger or one of those name-dropped "influential"/cult bands
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Sunday, 27 March 2016 00:50 (eight years ago) link
Show at NYC was really good, love how they kept switching drums and guitar--banter was funny too
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Sunday, 27 March 2016 04:49 (eight years ago) link
i was bummed they didn't do "a new town" in philly to give the bass player a little shine but man, what a show! no fucks to give, just song after great song
― reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 27 March 2016 16:56 (eight years ago) link
I think this band hits a nerve for me because they're roughly the same age as me and sound closer than any band to the band I've had in my head for the past few years.
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Monday, 28 March 2016 03:58 (eight years ago) link
Album is still so good.
― I know hoes that know Ali Farka Toure (voodoo chili), Saturday, 15 October 2016 04:42 (eight years ago) link
Been loving But Not For You lately
― I know hoes that know Ali Farka Toure (voodoo chili), Saturday, 15 October 2016 04:43 (eight years ago) link
I don't know much about this band but 'Disappointed (Ewan Pearson Extended Mix)' is such fun.
https://soundcloud.com/memphisindustries/field-music-disappointed-ewan-pearson-extended-mix/
― Noel Emits, Saturday, 15 October 2016 07:52 (eight years ago) link
i like the new record
― maura, Friday, 2 February 2018 14:40 (six years ago) link
My copy arrived this afternoon, now playing. Oh how I love this band.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 2 February 2018 14:51 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I consistently really enjoy these guys.
FWIW Time in Joy kind of sounds like Siberian Khartu
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 2 February 2018 16:05 (six years ago) link