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Field MusicMay 2021The month's best album reviewsMarianne Faithfull, AJ Tracey and more: May’s best album reviewsRead all the Guardian and Observer’s four- and five-star album reviews from


the last month, spanning pop, classical and more10 May 2021 16.08 CESTApril 2021Field Music: Flat White Moon review – cerebral crew soften their sharp edgesThe Brewis brothers’s eighth album


puts the emphasis on ease25 Apr 2021 10.00 CEST…… commentsJanuary 2020Field Music: Making a New World review – a concept stronger than the songs12 Jan 2020 14.00 CET…… commentsField Music:


Making a New World review – war stories with disco-pop sensibilities10 Jan 2020 11.30 CET…… commentsJuly 2019School of Language: 45 review – taking on Trump with twisted indie-funkField


Music’s David Brewis delivers a suite of deep, satirical and vitriolic songs about the US president26 Jul 2019 11.30 CESTFebruary 2019Musicians on Mark Hollis: 'He found hooks in places I'm


still trying to fathom'Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, Charlotte Church, Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry and others on his songs, enigmatic spirit and musical vision26 Feb 2019 19.00 CETJanuary


2019You Tell Me: You Tell Me review – a bright new prog-folk friendship(Memphis Industries)13 Jan 2019 09.00 CET…… commentsYou Tell Me: You Tell Me review – eclectic delights and countless


pleasuresFamiliar forms bent into new shape sums up this appealingly innovative and approachable album 11 Jan 2019 11.30 CET…… commentsField Music gigs to bring to life moment first world


war endedSets for Imperial War Museum based on ‘sound ranging’ document of guns falling silent6 Jan 2019 17.12 CETFebruary 2018Field Music: Open Here review – grand masterclass in terrific


tune-making 2 Feb 2018 10.00 CET…… commentsAugust 2016The playlistField Music's playlist: Joni Mitchell, Donna Summer and moreThe band’s Pete Brewis picks the tracks that stood out on Top of


the Pops in his youth, and the underground rock that currently inspires him9 Aug 2016 11.53 CEST…… commentsFebruary 2016Field Music: Commontime review – funky, but with feelingThe


Sunderland temper their usual spiky fare with post-fatherhood wistfulness on album No 67 Feb 2016 09.00 CET…… commentsAlexis Petridis's album of the weekField Music: Commontime review –


infectious warmth from the critics' favourite indie duoThe Brewis brothers’ sixth album of intricate, thoughtful songs is worthy of all the praise they continue to attract4 Feb 2016 16.00


CET…… commentsAlbum streamsField Music: Commontime – exclusive album streamHave a listen to the new Field Music LP ahead of its release and let us know your thoughts 1 Feb 2016 13.36 CET……


commentsDecember 2015Watch Field Music's video for The Noisy Days Are OverSee the video for the Brewis brothers’ awkwardly funky first single from Commontime to find out if you agree with


Prince’s endorsement8 Dec 2015 12.21 CET…… commentsNovember 2015Music blogPurple prose: Field Music on their love of PrinceThe prince of funk has tweeted Field Music’s new singl


e. Here, the band’s David Brewis returns the compliment by picking his five favourite Prince songs30 Nov 2015 15.06 CET…… commentsOctober 2015The playlistThe playlist – indie: Savages, Field


Music, Pumarosa and moreToday’s playlist features the premiere of Pumerosa’s joyous new video and indie music’s most modest supergroup, while Savages discover their more extreme side 21 Oct


2015 19.20 CEST…… commentsJuly 2015Listen upFive albums to try this week: Omar Souleyman, Sleaford Mods and moreStream new music from The Soil’s a cappella pop to Lamb of God’s blistering


metal, and let us know what you’ll be listening to27 Jul 2015 11.48 CEST…… commentsNovember 2014Paul Smith and Peter Brewis: Frozen by Sight review – peculiarly rivetingThis intriguing


Maxïmo Park/Field Music collaboration weaves the detail of everyday life into a subtle whole, writes Harriet Gibsone13 Nov 2014 23.10 CET…… commentsAugust 2014Listen upPaul Smith and Peter


Brewis - Barcelona (at Eye Level): premiereListen to a track from the collaborative album Frozen By Sight, created by Maximo Park and Field Music members 14 Aug 2014 14.08 CEST……


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