Field Music
Indie Rock / Alternative
Field Music are the latest product of a long-running musical expedition, which seems to have extended its tendrils across much of the north east of England. Comprising a core of three members (Andrew Moore plus brothers Peter and David Brewis) and an ever-shifting crew of local luminaries, Field Music are something of a North East (UK, that is) supergroup. Peter was The Futureheads' original drummer; Barry Futurehead was in one of the many early Field Music line-ups and sometime drummer Tom English is on loan from Maximo Park.
Listing an array of apposite and opposite influences (The Left Banke, My Bloody Valentine, Stravinsky, Thelonious Monk, Stax & Atlantic R&B, Big Star, Jimmy Smith, Serge Gainsbourg, The Neptunes and Duke Ellington) it's hardly surprising that Field Music's sound is like all of the best pop music you ever heard at once, but distinctly British - and distinctly north-eastern with it. This talented young group attack composition from the left of centre, twisting traditional song-writing conventions to fit their own sound. And it's live that things really come together as the Brewis brother's harmonies melt the cockles of even the coldest of hearts.
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