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Field Music are an experimental pop band from Sunderland, UK, formed by brothers Peter and David Brewis and their schoolfriend, pianist Andrew Moore. They have recently reconvened after an extended hiatus with a new line-up featuring guitarist/keyboardist Kev Dosdale and bass player Ian Black (Andrew having taken time out to train as a chef). A new double album is due to be released in February 2010.

The band’s first album, the eponymous “Field Music”, was released in 2005, followed in 2006 by a collection of b-sides and early tracks entitled ‘Write Your Own History’. During this time they toured with fellow bands from the North East England, such as Maximo Park and The Futureheads, as well as sonic adventurers from further afield, including Melbourne’s Architecture in Helsinki and Portland’s Menomena.

In 2007, they released ‘Tones of Town’, a critically acclaimed song cycle, which captured a particularly English variety of post-industrial frustration. However, sensing that a quick follow-up could lead to a dilution of ideas and purpose, the band announced a hiatus shortly after the album was released. In this time Peter and David each released solo albums as The Week That Was and School of Language respectively.

All of their albums were self-produced at their own ‘8Music’ studio in Sunderland.

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1	Them That Do Nothing	354
2	Measure	277
3	Let's Write A Book	237
4	In The Mirror	209
5	Each Time Is A New Time	176
6	Effortlessly	164
7	Clear Water	148
8	If Only The Moon Were Up	144
9	Lights Up	141
10	All You'd Ever Need To Say	140
10	A House Is Not A Home	140
12	You And I	125
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plesnerdrengen wrote:
last month

great concert in Gothenburg!

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hlynur83 wrote:
July 2010

just love this band since the tones of town , dream to see this live :)

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Sarcassy wrote:
July 2010

Thank you. x

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strangegeometry wrote:
July 2010

new album is amazing

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Rado_Z wrote:
June 2010

Measure is incredible! =)

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magloken wrote:
June 2010

Together with Everything Everything's new album (which is coming out in August), Field Music (Measure) is my favorite album of 2010. Fanfabulous!

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YorkerMusic wrote:
June 2010

The Yorker enjoyed Field Music in Manchester - http://www.theyorker.co.uk/news/music/4931

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Jontybloom1 wrote:
May 2010

Field Music live review @ Audio, Brighton, UK http://www.neonfiller.com/page3.htm#field

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itravel wrote:
May 2010

New album is one heck of a grower! [2]

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IAMMD wrote:
May 2010

measure is good!

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jussslic wrote:
May 2010

Them That Do Nothing is a perfect song. [2] So true

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rolyatleoj wrote:
April 2010

i drove from salt lake city to see them play in los angeles a few weeks ago. they didn't come with any of their own music gear and used the opening band's stuff. they were hanging out in the crowd next to me during the opening band and were really nice guys. BEST PART: they played some School of Language. amazing. they played at least a 20 song set. best show ever.

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johngalt7979 wrote:
April 2010

New album is one heck of a grower!

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Jontybloom1 wrote:
March 2010

Glad to see that Field Music have been booked for Belle and Sebastian's ATP festival http://www.neonfiller.com/page2.htm#juliancope

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meltingmoon wrote:
March 2010

Glasto baby! Fingers x'd :D

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lesliedahlink wrote:
March 2010

Love this band. Gonna get the new album.

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woodbrook wrote:
March 2010

Let's Write A Book!!!!!

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SoundscapeMN wrote:
March 2010

won tickets for the Monday Night Minneapolis show today from Radio K!

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llamagesicht wrote:
March 2010

aw, they're great!

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crob3888 wrote:
February 2010

Read the review of the new album over at Your Ears Should Be Burning! http://crobaraff.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/february-in-review/

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new shows + new single

19 Apr 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/fieldmusic

Hi lads and lasses Hope all's good. So we have another single in the offing, the second to be taken from our recent album. Its "Let's Write a Book", backed on 7" with our cover of Syd Barrett's Terrap. …

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