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On its second studio album, TONES OF TOWN, the Sunderland, England-based trio Field Music presents a lively set of spiky, pop-savvy indie rock. Like fellow local boys the Futureheads (who once counted Field Music drummer Peter Brewis as a member), the group tempers harmony and hooks with tight rhythms and angular arrangements, as best revealed on the dynamic opener "Give It Lose It Take It."
Composers: Peter Brewis; David Brewis.
Field Music: Peter Brewis, David Brewis, Andrew Moore (unknown instrument).
Personnel: Emma Fisk, Emma Fisk (violin); Peter Richardson, Peter Richardson (cello); Peter Gotton, Graeme Hopper (vibraphone); Rachael Davis (violin).
Recording information: Eight Music Studio, Sunderland, Tyne and Ware, England.Entertainment Weekly (p.98) - "Drumbeats, bass lines, and proggy keyboard squiggles interlock like gears while harmonies attack with the frequency of an advanced round of whack-a-mole." -- Grade: B+
Uncut (p.76) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "TOT plays to their new strengths, augmenting tricky prettiness with bold vigour."
CMJ (p.36) - "Field Music generally eschews jerky, dance-punk rhythms in favor of lushness and almost melancholic '70s soft rock."
Q (Magazine) (p.74) - Ranked #40 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2007" -- "[E]very bit as compelling as their forebears XTC and Elvis Costello."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[C]onstantly surprising music....This is pop that's clever enough to ensure you're never too far away from a snatch of transfiguring melody or liquid vocal deliciousness." Field Music Tones Of Town Songs | 1. | Give It Lose It Take It |
| 2. | Sit Tight |
| 3. | Tones of Town |
| 4. | House Is Not a Home, A |
| 5. | Kingston |
| 6. | Working to Work |
| 7. | In Context |
| 8. | Gap Has Appeared, A |
| 9. | Closer at Hand |
| 10. | Place Yourself |
| 11. | She Can Do What She Wants |
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