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Field Music recently announced its return with a new 14 track album Commontime, set to be released on February 5th, 2016 via Memphis Industries.
The first song to be taken from the album is ‘The Noisy Days Are Over’, an insistent, sax-punctuated groove and a conversation between two friends struggling to say farewell to the bad old boozy days, when they should “get to bed like everyone else” — today they’ve shared the video for the track, directed by Andy Martin.
Over the past four years, North-East siblings Peter and David Brewis have threaded their way through one extra-curricular project after another but were inevitably drawn back to working together on their own songs. “As much fun as we might have had on our own or collaborating, we missed just spending time in the studio, the two of us, trying things out and playing together.” explains David.
The space that Field Music vacated in those four years still appears to be empty. No one else really does what Field Music do: the interweaving vocals, the rhythmic gear changes, the slightly off-chords, but with the sensibility that keeps them within touching distance of pop music. But with Commontime, Field Music show off their unashamed love of choruses in a way they’ve only hinted at before.
Written and recorded in spontaneous bursts over six months in their Wearside studio, Commontime is built around the brothers playing and singing together again, but also features a wider array of players, including original Field Music keyboardist Andrew Moore, Peter’s wife Jennie Brewis and new member of the live band Liz Corney on vocals, plus a panoply of other players.
“We wanted to embrace being a duo and, perversely, that made us feel more comfortable about all of those conspicuous cameos” reveals David. Over the fourteen songs of Commontime, real life conversations are replayed, acquaintances come and go, hard won friendships are left to drift and diffuse snap shots of the everyday are pulled together into what must rank amongst Field Music’s best
works to date.
Commontime is available to pre-order at www.field-music.co.uk on limited edition 2 x 180gram green vinyl + download code, CD, and download. The first 250 physical orders include an exclusive signed print. The album is also available to pre-order on iTunes with an instant download of ‘The Noisy Days Are Over.’
TOUR DATES:
02/25 – Newcastle, UK – The Cluny
02/26 – Newcastle, UK – The Cluny
02/28 – York, UK – The Duchess
03/03 – Cardiff, UK – The Globe
03/04 – Exeter, UK – Exeter Phoenix
03/05 – Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms
03/10 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
03/11 – Manchester, UK – Band on the Wall
03/13 – Glasgow, UK – CCA
03/18 – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall
03/19 – Southampton, UK – Engine Rooms
03/20 – Brighton, UK – The Haunt
03/24 – Washington DC – DC9
03/25 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
03/26 – New York, NY – Rough Trade
03/27 – Boston, MA – Great Scott
03/29 – Seattle, WA – Crocodile
03/30 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir
04/01 – San Francisco, CA -Independent
04/02 – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy
Field Music
Commontime
(Memphis Industries)
Street Date: Feb. 5, 2016
Track List:
The Noisy Days Are Over
Disappointed
But Not For You
I’m Glad
Don’t You Want To Know What’s Wrong?
How Should I Know If You’ve Changed?
Trouble At The Lights
They Want You To Remember
It’s A Good Thing
The Morning Is Waiting
Indeed It Is
That’s Close Enough For Now
Same Name
Stay Awake
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