ALBUM REVIEW – BLUE STATES: WHERE THE FADES MEET

Eagerly scanning the Silent Radio mailbox, ever searching for exciting new releases does create a transient, goldfish-like relationship with music. In March 2022, I favourably reviewed ‘World Contact Day’ by Blue States, a woozy, dreamy yet subtle record that I thoroughly enjoyed. In the intervening four years, I had completely forgotten the act and record. […]
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 […]

ALBUM REVIEW – FIELD MUSIC: FIELD MUSIC

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, […]
Michael Lovett knows how to construct perfect pop music. The previous NZCA Lines album, ‘Pure Luxury’, was aptly enough a scintillating collection of sophisticated, luxurious pop dance tunes and one of 2020’s very best releases. This comes in addition to his day job with Metronomy who have the art of making glorious tunes down to […]

EP REVIEW – NZCA LINES: UNIVERSAL HEARTBREAK

ALBUM REVIEW: MUSH – 3D ROUTINE

Stirring the spirit of Captain Beefheart into a Gang Of Four and Pavement cocktail, it’s the Leeds four piece Mush, pour in a hefty dose of social commentary and you get close to the heart of their debut album ‘3D Routine’. Tracks like ‘Eat The Etiquette’ have guitar lines firing off in all directions threatening […]
There’s epic sounding records out there, and then there’s the kind of Brian Wilson meets Phil Spector mountain of sound that Francis Lung has emerged with on his debut album. Meet the former Wu Lyf member who has released one of the most melodic and lush sounding records you’ll ever hear. When hotly tipped Mancunians […]

INTERVIEW: FRANCIS LUNG

CASSETTE STORE DAY 2018 RETURNS 13TH OCTOBER

The annual retro-fest event Cassette Store Day returns on October 13th and we spoke to CSD UK manager Brit Williams about what she has in store for the event’s sixth year. “Yes, we’re back and some say it couldn’t be done. Cassette Store Day 2017 was brilliant and we had an impressive amount of releases […]
Ever since they burst onto the music scene in 2004, The Go! Team have been on my gym playlist, and that’s in no way meant as an insult. Although if The Go! Team could see me red faced, sweaty and jumping around to the throws of Bottle Rocket and Junior Kickstart, they might disagree. Yet […]

ALBUM: THE GO! TEAM – SEMICIRCLE

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

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, 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 ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘OPEN HERE’ FOR RELEASE FEBRUARY 2018