Field Music- A House is Not a Home
Originally published at; http://www.disordermagazine.com/article.php?id=607
Field Music- A House is Not a Home
Sick of revivals yet? The 70s and 60s in the 90s, the 80s in the naughties, and now inevitably the 90s. Luckily, bands like Field Music apparently listened to their Britpop under the influence of something that skewed and twisted the genre into something infinitely more interesting. The harmonies that sold Blur’s Parklife meet the orchestration and grandiose of the Beatles-obsessed Oasis’ What’s The Story (Morning Glory). See how great things could have been had they put the class war aside and combined forces?
Those already familiar with Field Music will be pleased to know that the charmingly fresh sound introduced by the self-titled debut and continued on 2006’s Write Your Own History has been developed further, and to marvellous effect. These two tunes are hugely ambitious shifting patterns of sweet melody, both relaxingly reassuring and effortlessly involving. Wrapping your head around a tune as complex as Field Music’s ‘A House is Not a Home’ is one of the most pleasant musical challenges you are ever likely to experience. Once you can comprehend each song in it’s entirety, I absolutely guarantee that you will be 50% happier than you were beforehand, unless you’re one of those people who is always freakishly happy even though your job is shit and the only thing you’ve ever said to your ‘friends’ is “thanks for the add”.
Anti-depressants on a CD? It certainly beats the NHS.
Released 12th February 2007 on Memphis Industries
9 out of 10
13 Feb 2007 by Matt S.
Field Music- A House is Not a Home
Sick of revivals yet? The 70s and 60s in the 90s, the 80s in the naughties, and now inevitably the 90s. Luckily, bands like Field Music apparently listened to their Britpop under the influence of something that skewed and twisted the genre into something infinitely more interesting. The harmonies that sold Blur’s Parklife meet the orchestration and grandiose of the Beatles-obsessed Oasis’ What’s The Story (Morning Glory). See how great things could have been had they put the class war aside and combined forces?
Those already familiar with Field Music will be pleased to know that the charmingly fresh sound introduced by the self-titled debut and continued on 2006’s Write Your Own History has been developed further, and to marvellous effect. These two tunes are hugely ambitious shifting patterns of sweet melody, both relaxingly reassuring and effortlessly involving. Wrapping your head around a tune as complex as Field Music’s ‘A House is Not a Home’ is one of the most pleasant musical challenges you are ever likely to experience. Once you can comprehend each song in it’s entirety, I absolutely guarantee that you will be 50% happier than you were beforehand, unless you’re one of those people who is always freakishly happy even though your job is shit and the only thing you’ve ever said to your ‘friends’ is “thanks for the add”.
Anti-depressants on a CD? It certainly beats the NHS.
Released 12th February 2007 on Memphis Industries
9 out of 10
13 Feb 2007 by Matt S.
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