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Video: The Week That Was - "Scratch the Surface" (Ex Field Music)

After disbanding as a single entity last year, the Field Music cup continue to floweth over. Following his brother David Brewis' lead—who released his first post Field Music album, Sea From Shore, as School of Language earlier this year—Peter Brewis will deliver the eponymously titled The Week That Was on September 23rd through Memphis Industries. Both brothers appear in the dead-end office job themed video for "Scratch the Surface."

Posted on 06/17/2008 | Comments(86) | Permalink

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Video: School of Language - "Rockist Part 1"

More or less being the one man band that he is, David Brewis is in need of a backing band. The former Field Music-man auditions a series of wannabes in this video for "Rockist Part 1" from School of Language's excellent Sea From Shore.

Posted on 03/03/2008 | Comments(32) | Permalink

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New Release Roundup for February 5

Featured new releases for the week of February 5, 2008:

	Dead Meadow - Old Growth Dead Meadow's fifth album blends the best of heavy classic rock and more modern psych-rock like Spacemen 3 flawlessly. MP3: What Needs Must Be MP3: I'm Gone Buy from Amazon.com
	School of Language - Sea From Shore Sadly, the sun has set on Field Music but David Brewis soldiers on and eases our pain with this excellent solo effort. MP3: Rockist Part 1 Buy from Amazon.com
	Kelley Stoltz - Circular Sounds Kelley Stoltz' encyclopedic knowledge of anything recorded between 1965 and 1969 significantly shapes his fifth album. MP3: Your Reverie Buy from Amazon.com
	Jason Collett - Here's To Being Here Broken Social Scenester Jason Collett might not have seen eye to eye with his label on his latest, but the results proved fruitful. MP3: Out Of Time Buy from Amazon.com
	Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling The UK press has been fawning over this Canadian autoharpist since last summer and now her debut finally gets stateside release. MP3: In The Night Buy from Amazon.com

Posted on 02/05/2008 | Comments(46) | Permalink

TAGS: Basia Bulat Dead Meadow Jason Collett Kelley Stoltz New Release Roundup School of Language

MP3: School of Language - "Rockist Part 1" (Ex Field Music)

A while back, news that Field Music was "coming to the end of [their] reluctant struggle to fit in with the treadmill of indie orthodoxy" had us pouting—i.e. no more Field Music records in the foreseeable future. However, it also meant "the start of Field Music as something else"—the three members would continue to work together in a different capacity to release music under banners other than that of Field Music—the first being David Brewis' School of Language. Decipher Brewis' deep thoughts on the School of Language MySpace blog.

Last week, Brewis dropped news that School of Language will be releasing an album of "11 tracks and 39 minutes of fun" with a working title of Ships in early '08 through Thrill Jockey. The fine folks at the Chicago label have let us in on an early sneak peek—which sounds a hell of a lot like Field Music. We mourn no more...

MP3: School of Language - "Rockist Part 1"

Posted on 09/26/2007 | Comments(115) | Permalink

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