These New Puritans / Field Of Reeds
Album: | Field Of Reeds | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | These New Puritans | Added: | May 2014 | |
Label: | Infectious Records Ltd |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2014-05-09 | Pull Date: | 2014-07-11 |
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Week Ending: | Jun 15 | Jun 8 | Jun 1 | May 25 | May 18 | May 11 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Jun 22, 2021: | Baroque Folk (rebroadcast from Jun 19, 2014)
Fragment Two |
4. | Jun 06, 2014: | A Visit From Drum (Best of 2014)
The Light In Your Name |
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2. | Jun 19, 2014: | Baroque Folk
Fragment Two |
5. | Jun 06, 2014: | Time Traveler (National Doughnut Day)
Fragment Two |
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3. | Jun 10, 2014: | A-philiac
Fragment Two, Organ Eternal |
6. | May 30, 2014: | A Visit From Drum
Organ Eternal |
Album Review
DJ Muscat
Reviewed 2014-05-08
Reviewed 2014-05-08
Genre: neoclassical, british wetlands, fog
Incredibly rich, gorgeous soundscapes from this English band whose 2010 album "Hidden" made waves with its percussive intensity and attention to detail. Although this latest album dials back the immediacy, it makes up for it by providing an absolutely immersive listening experience. Far and away my favorite album of 2013 (yeah, it was technically released last year in England but things take awhile to float over to this side of the pond…thank god this one did).
Others: Talk Talk, Julia Holter, Liars, Mount Eerie
Favorites: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. No FCCs.
1. (3:03) ** Distant female vox accompanied by minimal piano and woodwinds. Beautiful opening track.
2. (4:34) ***** Entrancing piano paired with endearingly unprofessional male vocals. Sublime drums make their way in around 1:45. This track couldn't be more perfect.
3. (6:03) *** Dour tone. Underlying tension progressively builds. Both male and female vox. Bass thuds suddenly burst into explosive drum fills.
4. (9:16) **** Piano, male vox, and backing choir. Builds up to the main melody, falls short, then transitions into the core of the song. Phenomenal drumming. An epic journey of a track. Last 4-5 minutes is a gradual denouement.
5. (6:04) *** Deep, dark atmosphere with gorgeous choir. Female, male, and children choir vox. Becomes progressively more uplifting. Gorgeous.
6. (5:32) **** Mesmerizing keyboard melody. Hawk call sample. Male vox and light cymbal hits introduced. Lush instrumentation. I wish this track were 3 times as long.
7. (7:49) * Lonesome horns. Nice interplay between Male and female vocals. Really detailed, emotional orchestration.
8. (4:15) Fragile, solitary female vox. Multi-segmented structure. Similar in tone to previous track.
9. (6:29) ** Choir anchored by allegedly the deepest voice in Britain. Male vocal phonetic mumbling. I don't know how such ornate music can feel so intensely personal but this album certainly proves me wrong.
Incredibly rich, gorgeous soundscapes from this English band whose 2010 album "Hidden" made waves with its percussive intensity and attention to detail. Although this latest album dials back the immediacy, it makes up for it by providing an absolutely immersive listening experience. Far and away my favorite album of 2013 (yeah, it was technically released last year in England but things take awhile to float over to this side of the pond…thank god this one did).
Others: Talk Talk, Julia Holter, Liars, Mount Eerie
Favorites: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. No FCCs.
1. (3:03) ** Distant female vox accompanied by minimal piano and woodwinds. Beautiful opening track.
2. (4:34) ***** Entrancing piano paired with endearingly unprofessional male vocals. Sublime drums make their way in around 1:45. This track couldn't be more perfect.
3. (6:03) *** Dour tone. Underlying tension progressively builds. Both male and female vox. Bass thuds suddenly burst into explosive drum fills.
4. (9:16) **** Piano, male vox, and backing choir. Builds up to the main melody, falls short, then transitions into the core of the song. Phenomenal drumming. An epic journey of a track. Last 4-5 minutes is a gradual denouement.
5. (6:04) *** Deep, dark atmosphere with gorgeous choir. Female, male, and children choir vox. Becomes progressively more uplifting. Gorgeous.
6. (5:32) **** Mesmerizing keyboard melody. Hawk call sample. Male vox and light cymbal hits introduced. Lush instrumentation. I wish this track were 3 times as long.
7. (7:49) * Lonesome horns. Nice interplay between Male and female vocals. Really detailed, emotional orchestration.
8. (4:15) Fragile, solitary female vox. Multi-segmented structure. Similar in tone to previous track.
9. (6:29) ** Choir anchored by allegedly the deepest voice in Britain. Male vocal phonetic mumbling. I don't know how such ornate music can feel so intensely personal but this album certainly proves me wrong.
Track Listing
1. | This Guy's In Love With You | 6. | Organ Eternal | |||
2. | Fragment Two | 7. | Nothing Else | |||
3. | The Light In Your Name | 8. | Dream | |||
4. | V (Island Song) | 9. | Field Of Reeds | |||
5. | Spiral | . |