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Field Music is a band striving for reinvention. After a self-imposed three-year hiatus, the group has returned with new members and a new sound for their latest album, “Field Music (Measure).” Afraid of boxing themselves into an indie pop corner, Field Music has taken their new record as an opportunity to explore a wider range of style and sound. While the effort to diversify certainly helps develop a degree of ingenuity and surprise, the album’s almost schizophrenic nature is at times confusing and strangely unsatisfying, despite its undeniable musical...
After keyboardist Andrew Moore left the band, the remaining members, brothers Peter and David Brewis, were joined by Kevin Dosdale and Ian Black to record the group’s third album. This change in personnel may be the cause of this record’s shift from the group’s earlier work. Angry, angsty, and attempting to avoid categorization, “Measure” is a 20 track album defined as heavily by its amorphous style and musical outbursts as its invention or ingenuity...
...attempt to incorporate new sounds and avoid being pigeonholed as an indie pop band can be seen from the album’s very beginning. “In the Mirror” opens the album with heavy synth overlays which compete with a clear melody and upbeat harmonies. The song’s defining musical conflict—between rock and indie pop—is exemplary of a trend that pervades the album. Fittingly, and perhaps with a twist of irony, the song whines, “I wish I could change and make new rules / And love...
...inside presence was a constant source of frustration for Gobrecht, who was assessed a technical foul in the second half when she didn’t agree with a foul call against her Bulldogs, and her critiques of the officials could be heard over the Harvard band...
Most significant, though, is Scally's move from a drum machine to what appears to be actual percussion. It helps Beach House sound like a real band instead of just a couple of talented people making music together. "Used to Be," with its crashing cymbals and plinking piano, builds to a series of crescendos unlike anything the duo has done before. And though the two never spell out what's meant by the titular teen dream, you can imagine it to be that elusive high school crush who draws you in while somehow keeping you at arm's length. That...