Field Musicast: Recent Episodes
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Peter and David Brewis of Field Music guide you through the influences and inspirations behind their latest album Flat White Moon. Order the album on vinyl and CD here : https://smarturl.it/FlatWhiteMoon
Peter and David Brewis of Field Music talk about the new David Brewis solo-ish album The Soft Struggles, as well as string arranging, spontaneity and the difficulties of organising a night out in your forties.
To listen to some of the music we talk about, along with some of the other influences on the album, try this: open.spotify.com/playlist/59vbNl0a3YCLNBy2mh9Iuf?si=939f5fb5b64a4cd5
In case you haven't heard, we (Peter and David Brewis of Field Music) have started our own record label, Daylight Saving Records. To celebrate the start of this new venture, we spoke to Ian Black about the story of SLUG so far, getting dressed up as a nun, character self-assassinations and forthcoming album Thy Socialite!
We'll hope to publish new episodes as and when new releases on the label are announced so stay tuned.
Welcome to the Field Musicast - where Peter and David from Field Music wang on about musical stuff. This is the second part of a gargantuan drumming special in which hats are tipped to Mick Fleetwood and Dave Mattacks, Peter realises he will never be a techno-wiz, snare drums are squarely on the first beat of the bar and where we celebrate our dearly-departed friend Dave Harper, Murton's finest professional percussionist.
Featuring:
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams https://music.apple.com/gb/album/dreams/594061854?i=594061856
Fairport Convention - Matty Groves https://music.apple.com/gb/album/matty-groves/1440927920?i=1440927925
Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You https://music.apple.com/gb/album/like-i-love-you-feat-clipse/252606580?i=252606583
The Band - Up On Cripple Creek https://music.apple.com/gb/album/up-on-cripple-creek/715858307?i=715858741
Toto - Rosanna https://music.apple.com/gb/album/rosanna/185716551?i=185716601
Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover https://music.apple.com/gb/album/50-ways-to-leave-your-lover/380590574?i=380590584
Stevie Wonder - Superstition https://music.apple.com/gb/album/superstition/1440808973?i=1440808985
The Marvelettes - Please Mr Postman https://music.apple.com/gb/album/please-mr-postman-single-version/1471563127?i=1471563428
Otis Redding - I Can't Turn You Loose https://music.apple.com/gb/album/i-cant-turn-you-loose/997088440?i=997088838
The Bangles - Be With You https://music.apple.com/gb/album/be-with-you-single-mix/291417870?i=291417930
Frankie & The Heartstrings - Hunger https://music.apple.com/gb/album/hunger/415474558?i=415474559
Welcome to the Field Musicast - where Peter and David from Field Music wang on about musical stuff. This episode is the first part of an epic drumming special where they try (and fail) to define "swing", try (and fail) to play like Charlie Watts, try (and fail) to connect the dots between John Bonham, Jaki Liebezeit and Clyde Stubblefield, and ultimately decide that THE GROOVE IS NOT TRIVIAL. Part 2 coming soon...
Featuring:
The Rolling Stones - Miss You https://music.apple.com/gb/album/miss-you/1440816775?i=1440816778
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love https://music.apple.com/gb/album/sunshine-of-your-love/1440817229?i=1440817744
The Beatles - She Said She Said https://music.apple.com/gb/album/she-said-she-said/1441164670?i=1441165129
Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop https://music.apple.com/gb/album/misty-mountain-hop/580708175?i=580708181
The Police - Message in a Bottle https://music.apple.com/gb/album/message-in-a-bottle/1440744161?i=1440744163
James Brown - Mother Popcorn https://music.apple.com/gb/album/mother-popcorn-single-version/1469584155?i=1469584243
Can - Vitamin C https://music.apple.com/gb/album/vitamin-c/711468600?i=711468775
Welcome to the Field Musicast - where Peter and David from Field Music use songs from their new album, Flat White Moon, as an excuse to wang on about the music that inspired them. For this episode they'll be discussing The Curtained Room, waiting outside the changing rooms at C&A, following your whims and whether slap bass is socially acceptable.
Featuring:
Field Music - The Curtained Room
Elvis Costello - Beyond Belief https://music.apple.com/gb/album/beyond-belief/1440836169?i=1440836321
Paul Simon - Graceland https://music.apple.com/gb/album/graceland/581741456?i=581741458
Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights https://music.apple.com/gb/album/shoot-out-the-lights/162575497?i=162575959
Robert Palmer - Johnny and Mary https://music.apple.com/gb/album/johnny-and-mary/1443923833?i=1443923993
Welcome to the Field Musicast - where Peter and David from Field Music use songs from their new album, Flat White Moon, as an excuse to wang on about the music that inspired them. For this episode they'll be discussing You Get Better, soul clapping, half-hearted optimism and Back To The Future II. They'll also take on listeners' questions about the FM live band and how we're feeling about the return of live music.
Features:
Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto (Live) https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-ghetto-live/537033638?i=537033644
Sly & The Family Stone - If This Room Could Talk https://music.apple.com/gb/album/if-this-room-could-talk/212576560?i=212576570
William Bell - You Don't Miss Your Water https://music.apple.com/gb/album/you-dont-miss-your-water-single-version/298679746?i=298679751
James Brown - Super Bad https://music.apple.com/gb/album/super-bad-pt-1-2/1469584155?i=1469584372
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-song-remains-the-same/580707916?i=580707917
Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child) https://music.apple.com/gb/album/mothership-connection-star-child/1440837684?i=1440837690
Welcome to the Field Musicast - where Peter and David from Field Music use songs from their new album, Flat White Moon, as an excuse to wang on about the music that inspired them. For this episode they'll be discussing Meant To Be, avant-garde boy-bands, an abbreviated history of blues and boombox street-parties in Catalunya. They'll also tackle listener's questions on album sequencing and - DUH DUH DUUUUUUH! - prog.
Music discussed in this episode includes:
Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac https://music.apple.com/gb/album/oh-well-pt-1-remastered/1441830556?i=1441830781
Hot Head - Captain Beefheart https://music.apple.com/gb/album/hot-head/1059242591?i=1059242597
Hard Times Killing Floor Blues - Skip James https://music.apple.com/gb/album/hard-time-killin-floor-blues/797324438?i=797324458
Well You Needn't - Thelonious Monk https://music.apple.com/gb/album/well-you-neednt/1459444209?i=1459444223
Te Estoy Amando Locamente - Las Grecas https://music.apple.com/gb/album/te-estoy-amando-locamente/391329235?i=391329236
...and Housequake by Prince https://music.apple.com/gb/album/housequake/212852926?i=212853459
Welcome to the Field Musicast - where Peter and David from Field Music use songs from their new album, Flat White Moon, as an excuse to wang on about the music that inspired them. For this episode they'll be discussing Do Me A Favour, capturing chaos, a long-lost Field Music solo project and pitting simple against complicated in a Battle Royale of rock. SPOILER: score draw.
Welcome to the Field Musicast - where Peter and David from Field Music use songs from their new album, Flat White Moon, as an excuse to wang on about the music that inspired them. For this episode they'll be discussing Not When You're In Love, cinematography with Joni Mitchell and Mark Knopfler, the Scritti Politti/Grange Hill crossover, respecting but not understanding jazz, and the capaciousness of the human mind. Kind of.
Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi Trio
Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell
Down By The Waterline - Dire Straits
Lover To Fall - Scritti Politti
I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun - The Rotary Connection
Welcome to the Field Musicast - where Peter and David from Field Music use songs from their new album, Flat White Moon, as an excuse to wang on about the music that inspired them. For this episode they'll be discussing No Pressure, trips to Barnard Castle, Brian May and Jimmy Page getting funky and trying to play fast enough for pub rock.
Welcome to the Field Musicast - where Peter and David from Field Music use songs from their new album, Flat White Moon, as an excuse to wang on about the music that inspired them. For this episode they'll be discussing their song Orion From The Street, favourite Minnesotans, kitchen-sink vocabulary and recording at quadruple speed.
Tracks:
Orion From The Street - Field Music https://music.apple.com/gb/album/orion-from-the-street/1544654143?i=1544654144
Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again - Bob Dylan https://music.apple.com/gb/album/stuck-inside-of-mobile-with-the-memphis-blues-again/178049863?i=178050819
Hollow Log - Beck https://music.apple.com/gb/album/hollow-log/1032425165?i=1032426427
Queen Latifah and Monie Love - Ladies First https://music.apple.com/gb/album/ladies-first/1288113013?i=1288113029
The Beatles - It's All Too Much https://music.apple.com/gb/album/its-all-too-much/1441132556?i=1441132729
Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere https://music.apple.com/gb/album/everywhere-remastered/1196727792?i=1196728221