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