School Of Language - Sea From Shore
0 Comments Published by Russ on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 18:04.
So, it seems that while Field Music are technically no more, they have at least been moved upstairs to a director of football role, to use sporting parlance. Hopefully this will mean even more output from the three members as they pursue their separate adventures.First out the traps is David Brewis with his School of Language project. Bookending the album are the Rockist pieces, a collection of daydreams about words. Of these Part 1 is quite electronic and repetitive, Part 2 wilder and almost shock rock, with military drums and wailing guitars. After this most interesting start the album settles down into a sound much like Field Music, but with a tad more seventies AOR to it.
It’s not a bad thing per se, you just feel like Brewis is treading water somewhat rather than stretching himself and striving for something I believe he’s capable of. And again, it’s tracks like Extended Holiday that have a bit more life, bounce and twist to them that prove to be more successful.
We then return to the Rockist tracks to see out the album. Part 3 passes by rather un-noticed, but Part 4 is rather lovely and possible the best thing here even despite it’s more than passing resemblance to Part 1.
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