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BBC 6 Music Mercury review: Field Music

BBC 6 Music's Elizabeth Alker speaks to Field Music about their Mercury-nominated album, Plumb.

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Field Music are a band from Sunderland, England who formed in 2004. The band's core consists of brothers David and Peter Brewis (who at one time played drums for fellow Sunderland band The Futureheads), with Andrew Moore featuring as pianist on the first two albums and as part of Peter Brewis's solo project The Week That Was. Their line-ups have at times featured members of both Maxïmo Park and The Futureheads. Previous incarnations include The New Tellers and Electronic Eye Machine.

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BBC Reviews

  1. Plumb 2012

    Review of Plumb

    Reviewed by Chris Beanland

    Album four ploughs furrows that band and listeners have explored together before.

  2. Field Music (Measure) 2010

    Review of Field Music (Measure)

    Reviewed by Ian Wade

    The brothers Brewis combine to form a gem of a band.

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