ALBUM REVIEW – FIELD MUSIC: FIELD MUSIC

Reissues are an ideal opportunity to take stock and evaluate a group’s career. It is twenty years since Memphis Industries issued the first, self-titled Field Music album. Over the ensuing period, the Brewis brothers have released 21 albums, either under the band name or in various solo guises. They have racked up a Mercury nomination […]
Last time I saw Field Music was on 28 February 2020 at the Dancehouse in Manchester. They were doing a tour of seated venues accompanied by visuals in support of their ‘Making A New World’ album which had arisen out of a commission for the Imperial War Museum. Those who were taking Covid seriously sensed […]

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ALBUM REVIEW – FIELD MUSIC: LIMITS OF LANGUAGE

Cards on the table, if asked to select a continual favourite band over the past two decades, I would plump for Field Music. Their capacity to evolve, taking on different influences whilst retaining recognisable elements and consistently high-quality control is second-to-none. This was demonstrated to perfection on this year’s limited edition Record Store Day release, […]
It is easy to imagine the Brewis brothers issuing a mutual challenge for 2023. Who can make a record that sounds least like Field Music. David was first out of the blocks with the early 70s singer-songwriter flavoured, acoustic and string quartet backed, ‘The Soft Struggles’. Now, coming out of left-field, Peter has emerged with […]

ALBUM REVIEW – PETER BREWIS: BLOWDRY COLOSSUS

LIVE: FIELD MUSIC – 16/03/2018

-GORILLA, MANCHESTER- Not an awful lot has come out of Sunderland apart from my Grandpa, the fabulous Andy Dawson from the Athletico Mince podcast and St Bede, the monk. To that list we have now been able to add Field Music. Ostensibly formed of the Brewis brothers – David and Peter – by the time […]
Have you heard Field Music’s privilege-bashing, Brexit-lamenting new anthem ‘Count It Up’? ‘Count It Up’ is the first single from their forthcoming new album Wide Open (out Friday 2nd February on Memphis Industries). “I’ve been down and angry about the state of everything lately,” Field Music’s David Brewis admits. “Our town (Sunderland) has become infamous in that it […]

FIELD MUSIC SHARE ‘COUNT IT UP’ THE FIRST SINGLE FROM THEIR NEW LP OUT FEBRUARY 2018

FIELD MUSIC ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘OPEN HERE’ FOR RELEASE FEBRUARY 2018

Field Music, helmed by Peter and David Brewis, have just announced details of their sixth album Open Here. The brothers are just putting the finishing touches to the record, which is set to be released Friday 2nd February 2018 on Memphis Industries. Field Music Official | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Field Music, helmed by brothers Peter and David Brewis, have just announced a series of UK shows for 2018. The dates include a special night at the Barbican in London with strings, horns, woodwind and assorted percussion provided by the Open Here Orchestra. A new Field Music album – set to the be the group’s […]

FIELD MUSIC ANNOUNCE 2018 TOUR WHILE TICKETS FOR THIS YEAR’S MANCHESTER ALBERT HALL PERFORMANCE STILL AVAILABLE

FIELD MUSIC TO COMMEMORATE THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME

Field Music are set to perform a newly commissioned live score with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and electronic duo Warm Digits to accompany Asunder, a film telling the tale of the North East’s involvement in the Battle of the Somme, one of the most horrific battles in World War One. The collaboration marks the event’s […]
Field Music have unveiled a brand new video for “Disappointed,” their latest single and a mainstay of BBC Radio 6 Music’s A List in recent weeks. It was partly inspired the bullet time technique used in Ryoichiro Debuchi’s early 1980s films. “We filmed these bullet time sequences on a freezing January day in the sports […]

FIELD MUSIC UNVEIL ‘DISAPPOINTED’ VIDEO