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School of Language
Sea From Shore
Memphis Industries
Article
written by Ged M
Feb 25, 2008.
Maybe Field Music haven’t disappeared – reportedly they’re just on hold while David Brewis scratches his solo itch. But after the example of this solo album it might be good if they got back together. While Sea From Shore has the same baroque indiepop sound as Field Music’s two albums, it’s much more experimental, the work of an auteur. It reminds me of the 70s albums of people like Emitt Rhodes, Alex Chilton, Paul McCartney – showing off their individual genius but indulging themselves where their bandmates might have reined in their worst excesses. There’s plenty to admire in the construction of the record, with its quirky time signatures and the vocal loops of the four part ‘Rockist’ signalling its disinterest in current indiepop trends. But it disinters some frightening influences from the 70s and 80s: washy Pink Floyd, scary Supertramp and, worst of all, some baffling Genesis on the bonus track ‘No Control’. Apart from ‘Rockist Part 1’, the poppiest thing here, this won’t be troubling my stereo again soon, unlike the rest of the Brewis brothers’ Field Music output. Disappointment isn’t the half of it.
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