Headphones On

There's a band I'm kinda afraid to talk about on here. I always feel like I talk about them too much and instead of convincing anyone that they're the-most-brilliant-three-guys-to-ever-harmonize, I demonstrate that liz-can't-stop-going-on-and-on-about-that-one-band. I don't like being that person at the show wearing the band's t-shirt so I try not to overtalk the band in question¹. Today I realized that in my desire NOT to overhype, I haven't talked about them this year, or their new record at all. Tsk Tsk Liz.

Are you ready for this? Are you sure? THERE'S A NEW FIELD MUSIC RECORD, and it's COMPLETELY BRILLIANT OF COURSE. I am done screaming... momentarily. Now if you happened to read that silliness on Little Elpees about the new Field Music record sounding like Yes, ignore him. He gave you the one song that could have compared and I swear a part of him did it just to prod me. Phht to you Jack.

Instead, I will give you two glowing examples of Field Music's dynamic musical beauty... and then I'll go back to quietly playing with my headphones and ignoring the world around me. "A House Is Not A Home" is a classic English pop gem of swirling piano plonks, mild-mannered guitars (except where necessary) and swarming strings. As for "A Gap Has Appeared"... let's just say that after three months of listening this has become my favorite for so many reasons that I am strangely unable to vocalize.

Before I go back into my cocoon it's worth noting that Field Music will be on tour in the US starting next week so do go see them if they come round to your part of the world. Not only will they not disappoint live but this could be your last chance for awhile as the band is planning a break after this tour to focus on other projects².

¹ OK this is a bit embarrassing. I searched my own website for "field music" and came up with *far* more entries than I recall writing. This will be the last one for awhile. I promise this time.
² I'm talking to YOU Midwest and east coast peoples. Tour dates are up on their Myspace page.

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