The Week That Was - a new album from Field Music's Peter Brewis. Out 18 August in the UK. 'A milestone on the path to a New Progressive Pop… touched by genius' - **** Album of the Month - Mojo 'Songs with architectural scale and precision…dazzling' - **** Uncut 'Characteristically intricate yet marvelously accessible' - **** Observer MM The Week That Was, written and recorded by Peter Brewis in late 2007 at Field Music's 8 Studio in Sunderland, emerged from an imagined crime thriller dreamt up by Peter and inspired by Paul Auster's labyrinthine storytelling. Peter started writing the songs as if they were moments, instances of perspectives within this story. The story was left to fall away, leaving a puzzle of musical snapshots. Musically the record is an expansive tribute, paying direct (and indirect) homage to the wildly ambitious Linn Drum and Fairlight experiments of Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel and Tin Drum-era Japan. This fused with the typically detailed arrangements and sense of drama makes The Week That Was a brain-shattering, 32 minute epic, straying further outside the conventions of most indie-guitar music. Whether they're right or wrong you'll have to find out for yourselves... heres some pre-order buying options to get the CD and / or LP (all UK - we'll be sending links for US and European preorders soon): Memphis Industries - if you pre-order from us you'll get a free The Week That Was poster. Get The Week That Was T shirts from here as well. Rough Trade - Peter's compiled a mix cd including tracks by Japan, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Mark Hollis, Fleetwood Mac and Randy Newman which Rough Trade are giving away with every purchase of The Week That Was. Catch The Week That Was live as follows 09 Aug - The Distraction Weekender at The Cluny, Newcastle Finally, in other Field Music related news, catch brother David's band School of Language performing as follows: 08 Aug - Distraction Weekender at the Cluny, Newcastle David, under the Field Music guise, has also created a rather wonderful real time White Album mash up which can be found on a covermount adorning this month's Mojo. Check out a clip on Mojo's site here. That's your lot. Memphis Industries |