“Field Music are still finding new grooves on Open Here”
“The UK art-rock duo’s first album since the shock of Brexit has the earnest directness of artists whose sense of the world has been nudged into focus.”
“Over the thirteen years of their existence, Field Music have established themselves as one of those bands for whom a below-par album would be a real surprise – they’re the indie band’s indie band, perched on a pedestal of genuinely deserved respect. So here’s their sixth album, and – no surprises – it’s a thing of quality. There’s the beautiful vocal melody of ‘Time In Joy’, and the light funk str”
“If any band could lay claim to being the UK National – critically acclaimed leftfield indie rockers floating along under the mainstream radar for years, wishing they could survive by eating their glowing reviews – it’s Sunderland’s Field Music. Unlike The National’s ‘Sleep Well Beast’, though, Field Music’s disjointed and oblique seventh album is unlikely to be their long-awaited breakthrough reco”
