Thanks for doing the rating average for
Morphine, SGR. I've had a busy week, some computer probs and then all that time spent shopping for a Trollheart voodoo doll.....
TBH, I was also a bit dis-animated by the
Field Music album; I expect interesting things from Marie's recs because they're frequently worth following up. This time, though, I found it a struggle to get through the album at all. To begin with, the band's fundamental decisions about their sound seem to be the opposite of what I like:
Field Music gives us consistently short songs, a bright and breezy sound, lots of vocals, and standard (afaik) band line up. I prefer longer gloomier stuff.
I can't really go song by song, but most of them seemed to jump around without actually going anywhere. Those are the twists and turns that Marie mentions: maybe an achievement of a kind, to keep the lisna off-balance, but imo they didn't offer much reward in return for the sacrifice they made: a good solid sound that you can get down with. I found the guy's singing kind reedy, weak and annoying, especially on
In Context, and on the track
A House Is Not A Home I felt that the band was finally admitting,"We have nothing heartfelt or sincere to offer, just a flippant kind of cleverness."
So, definitely not for me. I've never heard of
Spoon, the comparison several of you make: I think the closest I have come to
Field Music's sound is the band
Misophone, who, if anything, are even more lightweight and annoying.
An apologetic
3.5/10 I'm afraid, Marie.
