England’s Field Music recently returned to the studio after a three-year hiatus in which brothers Peter and David Brewis pursued solo careers rejecting the indie band format. Over the years, they’ve been renewing their creative energies through unconventional projects, like the murder mystery concept album Linn Drum, Fairlight (2008).

Performing as The Week That Was, the brothers took their marimba across the world before reconvening last year for a new Field Music record. Two new members, Kev Dosdale (guitar and keyboard) and Ian Black (bass), joined the lineup in time for this year’s 20-track double album Field Music (Measure), released by Memphis Industries/Revolver.

The above video playfully pits pop art collage against the band’s new single “Let’s Write a Book.” Field Music will tour a series of festivals in Great Britain before performing a slew of dates in the U.S. starting September.

Field Music (Measure)
Memphis Industries/Revolver
(2010)

Tracklist:

01 In The Mirror
02 Them That Do Nothing
03 Each Time is a New Time
04 Measure
05 Effortlessly
06 Clear Water
07 Lights Up
08 All You’d Ever Need to Say
09 Let’s Write a Book
10 You and I
11 The Rest is Noise
12 Curves of the Needle
13 Choosing Numbers
14 The Wheels are in Place
15 First Come the Wish
16 Precious Plans
17 See You Later
18 Something Familiar
19 Share the Words
20 It’s About Time

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