While I wouldn't go that far, I was similarly nonplussed
― imago, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 15:55 (six years ago) link
The Noisy Days Are Over and Disappointed was an awesome way to start an album but to rest of Commontime was drudgery and that seems to have spilt over into this
― imago, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 15:56 (six years ago) link
Measure still their best by miles obv
― imago, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 15:57 (six years ago) link
it's no week that was but what is?
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link
I really dig it - too many gauzy dreamy numbers but the ones that are sharp are sharp. It reminds me of Wasp Star but with more charm.
― bumbling my way toward the light or wahtever (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, 8 March 2018 00:45 (six years ago) link
Okay, so it turns out that Open Here is their best album yet. I tried to recall the last time a Field Music LP blew me away this much and I realised none of their prior work has, not even Tones of Town. Quite remarkable, since Commontime bored me.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 20:56 (five years ago) link
Open Here > Tones of Town > Plumb> Commontime > Field Music > Measure
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 25 August 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link
such is the wonderful variety of ilx that I would pretty much reverse those arrows
― imago, Saturday, 25 August 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
Curious to hear why your prefer Open Here to Commontime, turrican
― guardians of the gums: i am tooth (voodoo chili), Saturday, 25 August 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
The first and last tracks on Open Here blow pretty much everything on Commontime out of the water, IMO.
Measure is overlong, riddled with filler and a slog, but there's a great record in there somewhere. One of 'em has to come last, though.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 25 August 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
(I've since come around to a fair bit of Commontime - 'The Noisy Days are Over' and 'Trouble at the Lights' particularly)
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 25 August 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
First listen to Making a New World. I’m ... not sure ... about it. I think it feels shorter than it is, which is a good sign.
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 02:03 (four years ago) link
Haven't picked it up yet but probably will do once payday rolls around.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 14:59 (four years ago) link
From a commission and all about the aftermath of the first world war, isn't it?
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 15:00 (four years ago) link
I do wonder why Field Music have faded so much. I think they maybe grew too obsessed with working on a single sound, and they've worked the life out of it
― opden gnash (imago), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 15:57 (four years ago) link
I'm sort of annoyed such a bunch of nitwits have taken the title from a Paul Nash masterpiece, which is a really beautiful haunted title as well as a painting - which I can't imagine their music matching the gravitas of tbh!
― calzino, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 16:05 (four years ago) link
Might be the first time Field Music have been described as “such a bunch of nitwits.”
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 11:46 (four years ago) link
probably melt cunts as well!
― opden gnash (imago), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 11:54 (four years ago) link
they most likely are led-by-donkieys type feebs that became radicalised by threat of austerity finishing off 6 music!
― calzino, Wednesday, 15 January 2020 12:09 (four years ago) link