Review: Fields - Everything Last Winter (or) clearing the proverbial bases
Posted on 15 May 2007 | No Comments
A week or so ago Everything Last Winter from Fields arrived in my mailbox. What looked to be an ordinary compact disc has turned out to be a quite a nice surprise. After a few listens, I’m a little disappointed that I won’t be able to catch the band tomorrow night at Chicago’s Empty Bottle. I do (however) suggest that you head out to one of my favorite venues tomorrow (Wednesday, 5/16) night to check out this British/Icelandic quartet that takes what might be simple folk-rock songs and add gorgeous male/female vocal harmonies and huge swells of fuzzed-out atmospheric guitars to the mix. I quite like it, but I’m a sucker for noise.
Many folks have commented that Everything Last Winter is a dark album but I just don’t hear it. The melodies are shimmering, the backbeat is driving, and there may be some minor key rockin’ going on, but its not full of doom and gloom. There are lovely and quiet acoustic moments, but (as with most good noisy bands) Fields isn’t afraid to get their hands, feet, and effects pedals dirty.
I can even envision the band on stage at some huge festival and thousands of people standing barefoot in the grass with their eyes closed taking it all in. I can hear the drums reverberating off whatever will have them and the guitar haze swirling in the summer breeze. If you can’t manage that setting, headphones should be just fine. Everything Last Winter is out now on Atlantic Records.
RIYL: The Bends, Serena Maneesh, Isn’t Anything, etc…
MP3 | Fields – Song For The Fields Everything Last Winter
MP3 | Fields – If You Fail We All Fail Everything Last Winter
Filed Under: Album Reviews, Atmospheric, Indie Rock, Just Plain Rock
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