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Field Music: Measure

Hailing from the English burg of Sunderland, Field Music return after a three year hiatus with a new 20 track album of British art rock. After two previous critically-acclaimed albums in 2006 & 2007, brothers and co-front men David and Peter Brewis took a break in 2008 to recharge their batteries with their respective solo projects, released under the names of School of Language and The Week That Was. This year they reconvene to release a masterpiece of pastoral power pop, full of echoes of a wide-range of artists such as XTC, Genesis, Fleetwood Mac, The Blue Nile and The Penguin Café Orchestra. Heady but never pretentious, their song-craft soars over a double-album’s worth of catchy riffs, circular rhythms and melodious vocals.

Feb 15, 2010 • 1 min read

Hailing from the English burg of Sunderland,

Field Music return after a three year hiatus with a new 20 track album of British art rock. After two previous critically-acclaimed albums in 2006 & 2007, brothers and co-front men David and Peter Brewis took a break in 2008 to recharge their batteries with their respective solo projects, released under the names of School of Language and The Week That Was. This year they reconvene to release a masterpiece of pastoral power pop, full of echoes of a wide-range of artists such as XTC, Genesis, Fleetwood Mac, The Blue Nile and The Penguin Café Orchestra. Heady but never pretentious, their song-craft soars over a double-album’s worth of catchy riffs, circular rhythms and melodious vocals.

Measure will be released and available for purchase on February 16.

www.field-music.co.uk

Measure will be available on-demand February 15 through March 15, 2010

Track listing

1. In The Mirror

2. Them That Do Nothing

3. Each Time Is A New Time

4. Measure

5. Effortlessly

6. Clear Water

7. Lights Up

8. All You'd Ever Need To Say

9. Let's Write A Book

10. You And I

11. Rest Is Noise, The

12. Curves Of The Needle

13. Choosing Numbers

14. Wheels Are In Place, The

15. First Come The Wish

16. Precious Plans

17. See You Later

18. Something Familiar

19. Share The Words

20. It's About Time

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Field Music: Measure

Hailing from the English burg of Sunderland, Field Music return after a three year hiatus with a new 20 track album of British art rock. After two previous critically-acclaimed albums in 2006 & 2007, brothers and co-front men David and Peter Brewis took a break in 2008 to recharge their batteries with their respective solo projects, released under the names of School of Language and The Week That Was. This year they reconvene to release a masterpiece of pastoral power pop, full of echoes of a wide-range of artists such as XTC, Genesis, Fleetwood Mac, The Blue Nile and The Penguin Café Orchestra. Heady but never pretentious, their song-craft soars over a double-album’s worth of catchy riffs, circular rhythms and melodious vocals.