Monday, December 24, 2007
Still grounded with an ear infection. To the doctor. It's going to be a very lonely Xmas week...
Deja Vu All Over Again
Music Countdown 2007 - My Favorite Albums Continues....
#8 - Field Music - "Tones of Town"
Sound: In the mold of the mid-period Beatles, short songs with hooks, harmonies, smart lyrics, and heavy orchestral arrangements a la ‘Eleanor Rigby.’ Their other influence is art-new wave like early XTC or Wire.
What’s So Special: Who else has effectively mined this turf lately? – you could mistake ‘A Gap Has Appeared’ for a cut off ‘Revolver’ or ‘Rubber Soul’, while ‘In Context’ has the clipped urgency of late 70s new wave.
Favorite Lyrics: 1) "At last a gap appears / a space in which to move; " 2) "Compound errors again and again / see mistakes we made and wouldn't change / I was expecting a change."
Fun Facts: Not much in the way of fun… 1) Misunderstood words led fans to believe Field Music were splitting, but they clarfied ‘We are still a band – we just wish you to know the band is a by-product of our existence, not the reason for it’ – Huh? ; 2) The band's nucleus is a pair of brothers, David and Peter Brewis, from quaint, remote Sunderland, UK.
And here’s the music:
Draw me a picture: Here’s a very kinetic and clever clip for Field Music’s lead-off single, ‘In Context.’ All my favorite songs on this album were not singles!
Here they are live in Pittsburgh playing the non-single ‘Working to Work’
Cartoons du Jour:
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