Field Music have just shared another new track “Disappointed,” in the wake of the sax-punctuated groove of the BBC 6 Music A-listed “The Noisy Days Are Over.”
David Brewis, who sings lead vocal on the song: “We were consciously embracing the simplicity and directness of the pop music we love, where most of the song is in the chorus and the singing is always right at the front. I’m imagining a couple trying to get together and not quite managing it because they’re a bit older and they’ve already built up complete lives as individuals.Their expectations of what love should be have become too byzantine to let themselves take a risk.”
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 new album Commontime (released 5th February on Memphis Industries), 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 from the Memphis Industries online store on limited edition green 2 x 180gram green vinyl + download code, CD, and download, and download, while indie stores have an exclusive 2 x 180gram orange vinyl version. The first 250 physical orders include an exclusive signed print. The album is also available to pre-order on iTunes now with an instant downloads of “The Noisy Days Are Over” and “Disappointed.”
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
