Welcome back to the Field Musicast. In this run, Peter and David from Field Music will be digging down into the ideas and inspirations behind their latest album, Limits of Language. This week we discuss the albums final track, Between The Bridges.
Welcome back to the Field Musicast. In this run, Peter and David from Field Music will be digging down into the ideas and inspirations behind their latest album, Limits of Language. This week we discuss track ten, I Might Have Been Wrong.
Welcome back to the Field Musicast. In this run, Peter and David from Field Music will be digging down into the ideas and inspirations behind their latest album, Limits of Language. This week we discuss track nine, The Waitress of St Louis'.
Welcome back to the Field Musicast. In this run, Peter and David from Field Music will be digging down into the ideas and inspirations behind their latest album, Limits of Language. We're all the way up to track 8, On the Other Side. Tune in to hear us chat about yet another Field Music song about parenthood - this time with an emphasis on coping with "people who say things on the internet" - and how we might eventually achieve our The Police dreams.
Welcome back to the Field Musicast. In this run, Peter and David from Field Music will be digging down into the ideas and inspirations behind their latest album, Limits of Language. Track 7 is Turn the Hours Away, where we pose the eternal conundrum, "Have you ever been to Gateshead?" We'll discuss how a guitar riff might eventually become a synthesised marimba, and get a bit nostalgic about the sights and sounds of our favourite dearly-departed indoor funfair.
Welcome back to the Field Musicast. In this run, Peter and David from Field Music will be digging down into the ideas and inspirations behind their latest album, Limits of Language. We're up to track 6, Curfew on the Square. If you'd like to know our greatest ever working song title, why we would stick a hi-hat rod into a piano, or even if you'd like to join us in lamenting the closure of Sunderland's branch of M&S, this is the place to do it.
Welcome back to the Field Musicast. In this run, Peter and David from Field Music will be digging down into the ideas and inspirations behind their latest album, Limits of Language. In the latest episode, we move to track 5, Absolutely Negative, where we discuss playing Civilization II, drinking our dad's whisky and the delights of capturing a Quincy Jones groove.
Welcome back to the Field Musicast. In this run, Peter and David from Field Music will be digging down into the ideas and inspirations behind their latest album, Limits of Language. We're up to track 4, Sounds About Right. Stay tuned for jazz explorations, wry raised eybrows and an unhealthy dash of pure gloom.
Welcome back to the Field Musicast. In this run, Peter and David from Field Music will be digging down into the ideas and inspirations behind their latest album, Limits of Language. In the third instalment we move from Guy Debord to Wittgenstein as we discuss the title-ish track, The Limits of Language. Here we'll tackle the age-old questions: are Field Music normal people? are they charming? does music mean anything? what consitutes a "good rhythm"? And, of course, what are the limits of language.
Welcome back to the Field Musicast. In this run, Peter and David from Field Music will be digging down into the ideas and inspirations behind their latest album, Limits of Language. We're moving on to track 2, The Guardian of Sleep. You can expect much discussion of Quasimodo, Guy Debord, atonal riffs and also a peek into the Limits of Language "Mix Vibe" playlist. Eeek!.
Welcome back to the Field Musicast. In this run, Peter and David from Field Music will be digging down into the ideas and inspirations behind their latest album, Limits of Language. We'll kick off, naturally, with track 1 - Six Weeks, Nine Wells, so be prepared for tales of summers frittered away in exurbia and how to keep prog light and fluffy.
Peter and David Brewis of Field Music talk about the new David Brewis solo-ish album The Soft Struggles, as well as string arranging, spontaneity and the difficulties of organising a night out in your forties.
To listen to some of the music we talk about, along with some of the other influences on the album, try this: open.spotify.com/playlist/59vbNl0a3YCLNBy2mh9Iuf?si=939f5fb5b64a4cd5
In case you haven't heard, we (Peter and David Brewis of Field Music) have started our own record label, Daylight Saving Records. To celebrate the start of this new venture, we spoke to Ian Black about the story of SLUG so far, getting dressed up as a nun, character self-assassinations and forthcoming album Thy Socialite!
We'll hope to publish new episodes as and when new releases on the label are announced so stay tuned.
Welcome to the Field Musicast - where Peter and David from Field Music wang on about musical stuff. This is the second part of a gargantuan drumming special in which hats are tipped to Mick Fleetwood and Dave Mattacks, Peter realises he will never be a techno-wiz, snare drums are squarely on the first beat of the bar and where we celebrate our dearly-departed friend Dave Harper, Murton's finest professional percussionist.
Featuring:
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams https://music.apple.com/gb/album/dreams/594061854?i=594061856
Fairport Convention - Matty Groves https://music.apple.com/gb/album/matty-groves/1440927920?i=1440927925
Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You https://music.apple.com/gb/album/like-i-love-you-feat-clipse/252606580?i=252606583
The Band - Up On Cripple Creek https://music.apple.com/gb/album/up-on-cripple-creek/715858307?i=715858741
Toto - Rosanna https://music.apple.com/gb/album/rosanna/185716551?i=185716601
Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover https://music.apple.com/gb/album/50-ways-to-leave-your-lover/380590574?i=380590584
Stevie Wonder - Superstition https://music.apple.com/gb/album/superstition/1440808973?i=1440808985
The Marvelettes - Please Mr Postman https://music.apple.com/gb/album/please-mr-postman-single-version/1471563127?i=1471563428
Otis Redding - I Can't Turn You Loose https://music.apple.com/gb/album/i-cant-turn-you-loose/997088440?i=997088838
The Bangles - Be With You https://music.apple.com/gb/album/be-with-you-single-mix/291417870?i=291417930
Frankie & The Heartstrings - Hunger https://music.apple.com/gb/album/hunger/415474558?i=415474559
Welcome to the Field Musicast - where Peter and David from Field Music wang on about musical stuff. This episode is the first part of an epic drumming special where they try (and fail) to define "swing", try (and fail) to play like Charlie Watts, try (and fail) to connect the dots between John Bonham, Jaki Liebezeit and Clyde Stubblefield, and ultimately decide that THE GROOVE IS NOT TRIVIAL. Part 2 coming soon...
Featuring:
The Rolling Stones - Miss You https://music.apple.com/gb/album/miss-you/1440816775?i=1440816778
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love https://music.apple.com/gb/album/sunshine-of-your-love/1440817229?i=1440817744
The Beatles - She Said She Said https://music.apple.com/gb/album/she-said-she-said/1441164670?i=1441165129
Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop https://music.apple.com/gb/album/misty-mountain-hop/580708175?i=580708181
The Police - Message in a Bottle https://music.apple.com/gb/album/message-in-a-bottle/1440744161?i=1440744163
James Brown - Mother Popcorn https://music.apple.com/gb/album/mother-popcorn-single-version/1469584155?i=1469584243
Can - Vitamin C https://music.apple.com/gb/album/vitamin-c/711468600?i=711468775
Welcome to the Field Musicast - where Peter and David from Field Music use songs from their new album, Flat White Moon, as an excuse to wang on about the music that inspired them. For this episode they'll be discussing The Curtained Room, waiting outside the changing rooms at C&A, following your whims and whether slap bass is socially acceptable.
Featuring:
Field Music - The Curtained Room
Elvis Costello - Beyond Belief https://music.apple.com/gb/album/beyond-belief/1440836169?i=1440836321
Paul Simon - Graceland https://music.apple.com/gb/album/graceland/581741456?i=581741458
Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights https://music.apple.com/gb/album/shoot-out-the-lights/162575497?i=162575959
Robert Palmer - Johnny and Mary https://music.apple.com/gb/album/johnny-and-mary/1443923833?i=1443923993
Welcome to the Field Musicast - where Peter and David from Field Music use songs from their new album, Flat White Moon, as an excuse to wang on about the music that inspired them. For this episode they'll be discussing You Get Better, soul clapping, half-hearted optimism and Back To The Future II. They'll also take on listeners' questions about the FM live band and how we're feeling about the return of live music.
Features:
Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto (Live) https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-ghetto-live/537033638?i=537033644
Sly & The Family Stone - If This Room Could Talk https://music.apple.com/gb/album/if-this-room-could-talk/212576560?i=212576570
William Bell - You Don't Miss Your Water https://music.apple.com/gb/album/you-dont-miss-your-water-single-version/298679746?i=298679751
James Brown - Super Bad https://music.apple.com/gb/album/super-bad-pt-1-2/1469584155?i=1469584372
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-song-remains-the-same/580707916?i=580707917
Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child) https://music.apple.com/gb/album/mothership-connection-star-child/1440837684?i=1440837690
Welcome to the Field Musicast - where Peter and David from Field Music use songs from their new album, Flat White Moon, as an excuse to wang on about the music that inspired them. For this episode they'll be discussing Meant To Be, avant-garde boy-bands, an abbreviated history of blues and boombox street-parties in Catalunya. They'll also tackle listener's questions on album sequencing and - DUH DUH DUUUUUUH! - prog.
Music discussed in this episode includes:
Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac https://music.apple.com/gb/album/oh-well-pt-1-remastered/1441830556?i=1441830781
Hot Head - Captain Beefheart https://music.apple.com/gb/album/hot-head/1059242591?i=1059242597
Hard Times Killing Floor Blues - Skip James https://music.apple.com/gb/album/hard-time-killin-floor-blues/797324438?i=797324458
Well You Needn't - Thelonious Monk https://music.apple.com/gb/album/well-you-neednt/1459444209?i=1459444223
Te Estoy Amando Locamente - Las Grecas https://music.apple.com/gb/album/te-estoy-amando-locamente/391329235?i=391329236
...and Housequake by Prince https://music.apple.com/gb/album/housequake/212852926?i=212853459
Welcome to the Field Musicast - where Peter and David from Field Music use songs from their new album, Flat White Moon, as an excuse to wang on about the music that inspired them. For this episode they'll be discussing Do Me A Favour, capturing chaos, a long-lost Field Music solo project and pitting simple against complicated in a Battle Royale of rock. SPOILER: score draw.
Welcome to the Field Musicast - where Peter and David from Field Music use songs from their new album, Flat White Moon, as an excuse to wang on about the music that inspired them. For this episode they'll be discussing Not When You're In Love, cinematography with Joni Mitchell and Mark Knopfler, the Scritti Politti/Grange Hill crossover, respecting but not understanding jazz, and the capaciousness of the human mind. Kind of.
Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi Trio
Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell
Down By The Waterline - Dire Straits
