The Field - Looping State Of Mind

http://pitchfork.com...nces-new-album/

Whoop de doo, more looped Kate Bush microsamples.

(I have never understood what seems to be the mass appeal of The Field. Can anybody explain what I am missing?)

excited but I kind of wish he had a different cover art for his albums...

  On 8/9/2011 at 11:42 PM, karmakramer said:

excited but I kind of wish he had a different cover art for his albums...

What are you talking about? The font changes color in every release!

ah yeah ur right!

nice. i recently have a newfound appreciation for the field.

love his music. cant wait for the new album.

yeah big fan. great news.

I remember giving his debut a listen but it didn't impress me. Will give it a quick listen again to see if it catches my ear this time.

no just listen to yesterday and today its the BEST

  On 8/9/2011 at 9:53 PM, solarion said:

Whoop de doo, more looped Kate Bush microsamples.

 

(I have never understood what seems to be the mass appeal of The Field. Can anybody explain what I am missing?)

the same thing i'm missing when i can't understand the mass appeal of Burial or Zomby

The Field is good, if not overshadowing other artists. I think he makes some beautiful melodies, I don't want to listen to them very much anymore because they were played out, and the music's value is mostly from those melodies [the music can be boring when you know it too well, I don't hear many details at all].

Is The Field Gold Panda?

The Field's style is influential for a lot of artists, I bet. Looping small fragments of a song to make a melody or harmony. It's not necessarily new, but the exposure was big because of Pitchfork. I think it was definitely rightful exposure. There are some genuinely memorable songs that have stuck with me over the years listening to From Here We Go Sublime.

The Field is massively appealing because his music is good upon first listen. It doesn't take much repeat listens to uncover anything. This can be a very endearing quality in music, for something to be obviously good right away. The Field is 100X better than Akufen because his music has a purpose of melody that is meaningful. In my opinion, of course.

I associate The Field, Steve Reich, and the Beach Boys for some reason. Oh, and the first Deerhunter album, back when they made experimental music.

gold panda is similar i agree. not as good though

don't see how anyone can argue with this:

from yesterday and today

yea that album is superb. the sequence is by far my favorite track from it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIzZodrZc20

NICE! I am pumped for this release. His first release was stellar.

  On 8/10/2011 at 10:08 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

don't see how anyone can argue with this:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEVoppSvQtM

 

from yesterday and today

2:47 -

That creeping guitar is ridiculous .

∞

i think the only criticism you can have of the field is that his tracks are very repetitive and don't often go anywhere in all that time.

sometimes that level of repeat makes me teeth clench

  On 8/11/2011 at 8:32 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

i think the only criticism you can have of the field is that his tracks are very repetitive and don't often go anywhere in all that time.

 

sometimes that level of repeat makes me teeth clench

agreed. I think the repetition is what makes it, it just doesn't have to be for 10 minutes all the time.

I don't know what to think of this guy really, neither of his albums has really impressed me but I do sense some underlying potential there...

A sad thing for those blessed with golden ears is that both of his full-lengths are lossy mastered. It's not something an average guy would notice, but the idea of buying mp3s burned onto a disc is ever so dull.

there is progression in all of the fields songs though i dont see what this repetition thing is all about

Who are you even trying to convince to like The Field? Awepittance? This guy is biased anyway.

idk what ur talking about once again

  On 8/14/2011 at 1:00 PM, 40days said:

A sad thing for those blessed with golden ears is that both of his full-lengths are lossy mastered. It's not something an average guy would notice

u r so special 2 me