Field Music and more reviewed
0 Comments Published by Russ on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 at 21:44.
Field Music – Tones Of Town (Memphis Industries)Sometimes bands come through and surprise you. Field Music are such a band. With a myriad of odd influences they are, and I presume always will be, beautifully out of time. So they’ve only just won me over on this their second (third if you count their singles comp, Write Your Own History) album.
There are many great moments and I’m sure I’ll only grow to love this album more. But for now it’s the elasticated title track, that swings to and fro as the strings chip away, the gorgeous and featherlite Kingston and the way Working To Work descends and ascends, contracts and expands. And also the ELO meets pyschedelia of Give It Lose It Take It with its lovely breakdown and the way the chorus swoops and dips on In Context to echo the questioning nature of the lyrics.
It’s one of those albums you just know you’ll keep discovering new things with every listen, which makes it a rare delight nowadays.
The Heise Bros. – The Continuing Saga Of… (CTL Records)The second Heise Bros album on the other hand is rather dreary. Seven Long Years is a drab drawl with some pointless cowbell, Buttons For Lisa is tuneless and lifeless country pop and Staying The Same is some odd sort of slacker grunge. Most of the rest just glides by un-noticed, apart from the absolute nadir of the album, The Revenge Of The Self-Imposed Hero, which talks about rebellion before launching into the wimpiest chorus ever.
Wiretree – Bouldin (Cobaltworks)Wiretree is the work of one Kevin Peroni from Austin, Texas and Bouldin is his debut album after thirteen years crafting songs in his bedroom. While his songwriting craft has been honed really well, the songs on the album lack any resemblance of soul as a result. They’re wonderfully structured and rather pleasant, but you’re not getting any feel of Kevin in there. Which might be fine for the undiscerning commercial market, but for those who want something more from their music, it simply won’t do.
The Sugars – Monsters (Bad Sneakers Records)After all that, thank heavens for the second single from The Sugars. To a primitive rockabilly beat Anna sings like she’s scared, in an odd way, halfway between assertive and childlike. With monster movie breakdowns, it’s a great single that’s thrilling and disturbing at turns. B-side Serenade is great too, sashaying like a sinister warning from some grown up Grease. The voices blend beautifully and everything’s lovely. Or is it?
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