There are some records that no matter how hard you try, you just can't get.
Mercury nominated this year (though unlikely to beat Alt-J) PLUMB is Field Music's fourth album.
Less an album of songs, more a record of abstract sketches and musical doodles many barely lasting more than a minute or two. It's a bit like listening to The Beatles White Album but with all the good stuff removed and being left with only the bits when the Fab Four were fucking around.
How would you describe their sound? It's a mixture of Beatles or ELO pop with a touch of Devo angular avant-garde and a heavy dose of Beta Band experimentation. Musically Field Music are very inventive. They pack more ideas into two minutes than most bands would cram into an entire album. Every track is brimming over with something new and complex. Whilst you can be full of admiration for what they've create you can also be very irritated.
The funny thing is for a band that are clearly trying so hard to create new sounds and explore new ideas Field Music sounds very, very retro.
If be lying if I said there weren't some enjoyable moments such as 'Sorry Again, Mate', 'Start The Day Right' and 'Guillotine' but generally speaking, this is the most annoying album I've heard in ages.
SORRY AGAIN, MATE
GUILLOTINE
START THE DAY RIGHT
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