Posts Tagged ‘Memphis Industries Records’

FIELD MUSIC – ” Flat White Moon “

Posted: February 18, 2021 in MUSIC
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Like so many of plans made in the past year, “Flat White Moon” started out as one thing and evolved into another. After the complexities of touring 2018’s Open Here, which required a bigger live band to cover the expansive arrangements, and then 2020’s Making A New World, which was performed as one continuous piece with a synchronised visual accompaniment, Field Music’s newest album began with the desire to play and to have fun.

On “Flat White Moon” Field Music takes on the challenge of representing negative emotions in a way that doesn’t dilute or obscure them but which can still uplift. The result is a generous record of bounteous musical ideas, in many ways Field Music’s most immediately gratifying release to date.

“We want to make people feel good about things that we feel terrible about.” says David Brewis, who has co-led the band Field Music with his brother Peter since 2004. It’s a statement which seems particularly fitting to their latest album, Flat White Moon released on 23 April via Memphis Industries.

Sporadic sessions for the album began in late 2019 at the pair’s studio in Sunderland, slotted between rehearsals and touring. The initial recordings pushed a looser performance aspect to the fore, inspired by some of their very first musical loves; Free, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin and The Beatles; old tapes and LPs pilfered from their parents’ shelves. But a balance between performance and construction has always been an essential part of Field Music. By March 2020, recording had already begun for most of the album’s tracks and, with touring for Making A New World winding down, Peter and David were ready to plough on and finish the record.

The playfulness that’s evident in much of Flat White Moon’s music became a way to offset the darkness and the sadness of many of the lyrics. Much of the album is plainly about loss and grief, and also about the guilt and isolation which comes with that.

We are delighted to share with you news of Field Music’s new album Flat White Moon, released on 23rd April 2021, featuring new single No Pressure and already out there Orion From the Street. 

TALLIES – ” Tallies “

Posted: December 24, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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The late 80’s and early 90’s were a huge influence for many new artists. But when they cite sounds from great artists like Johnny Marr, Cocteau Twins, The Cure, and the Beach Boys, you know they are on track to something great. Combining up-beat drum beats, melodic bass riffs, jingly guitar leads, and fluttery lighter-than-air vocals, Tallies gives out a soft, yet bouncy ray of sunshine not unlike The Sundays’ debut album Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. Tallies bridges that long lost sound with yet a new and youthful take on something all their own.

Coming out of Toronto, this indie pop band recently formed this year by lead singer and guitarist Sarah Cogan and guitarist Dylan Franklin. With Cian O’Neill on drums and Stephen Pitman on bass they release their debut album via Kanine Records and Fear of Missing Out.

Jingly, jangly, and memorable, Tallies hit the mark and leave a lasting impression with their debut album.

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Band Members
Guitar/Vocals: Sarah Cogan
Guitar: Dylan Frankland
Bass: Patrick McCormack
Drums: Cian O’Neill
debut album from Toronto, Canada’s Indie pop. Memphis Industries Records.
released January 11, 2019

NADINE – ” Oh My “

Posted: January 28, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Collaborative projects maintained from a distance are rather commonplace in today’s musical climate, but few retain the intimacy and ingenuity of nadine.  the three-piece is the creative byproduct of Nadia Hulett, part of the collective phantom posse, and Julian Fader and Carlos Hernandez, both of  Ava Luna.  though spread out across the country in different cities at different times, the trio linked up outside of Austin to cut oh my, an effortless, adventurous pop exercise in the form of a debut album.

Here to remind us that music is not just an audible experience, Minneapolis / New York’s Nadine make melodies that transcend acoustics. Their debut album Oh My is collection of sophisticated modern pop songs that resonate in the gaps, the space between deadlines and timelines. More akin to poetry set to music, Nadine is all about exploring feeling. Whilst most poets revel in the personal, Nadine’s process is collaborative whose core is singer Nadia Hulett (part of the loose collective Phantom Posse) and Julian Fader and Carlos Hernandez .

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The trio’s practice is marked by their commitment to playfulness, curiosity, and fluidity. Nadine’s songs have one foot standing firm in pop, but ebb and flow with exploration and experiment. Recorded over two years in Gravesend Studios in Brooklyn, NY and Dripping Springs in Austin, TX. Polyphonic melodies swing and gambol, instrumental layers take generous flourishes and unexpected turns with an ear to the wondrous and occasionally weird, crafting jazz-tinged lounge-pop all held together by Hulett’s characteristic vocals, strong with a sincerity and gentleness that holds the listener.

nadine’s debut is out today via father/daughter in the united states and memphis industries everywhere else.

NADINE – ” Pews “

Posted: January 13, 2018 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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The very wonderful band Nadine have shared a new song, “Pews”, ahead of their forthcoming debut album ‘oh my’. Lead by Nadia Hulett, with nods to the likes of Julia Holter, the trio have one foot standing firm in pop, but ebb and flow with experimentation.

Based out of Minneapolis/New York’s Nadine make melodies that transcend acoustics. their debut album oh my is collection of sophisticated modern pop songs that resonate in the gaps, the space between deadlines and timelines. more akin to poetry set to music, nadine is all about exploring feeling. whilst most poets revel in the personal, Nadine’s process is collaborative whose core is singer Nadia Hulett (part of the loose collective phantom posse) and Julian Fader and Carlos Hernandez (both of ava luna). the trio’s practice is marked by their commitment to playfulness, curiosity, and fluidity.

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Nadine’s  polyphonic melodies swing and gambol, instrumental layers take generous flourishes and unexpected turns with an ear to the wondrous and occasionally weird, crafting jazz-tinged lounge-pop all held together by Hulett’s characteristic vocals, strong with a sincerity and gentleness that holds the listener.

Hulett looks at the origin of the songs: “my body is filled with melodies and sonic textures, incubating & looping. my father was a club singer before i came around, and i still sing melodies i explored as a child, the big soul music my parents were into. those tunes just come back and i’ll cut them up and place them with something new. extracted from daydreams past, present & future. my mom says she has memories of me in the back of the car with a marker and paper asking her to spell out word by word lyrics to a song i was scheming up.”

“Carlos and i were given a sandbox to play in but the parameters of the sandbox were defined by Nadia every time. it’s really the ideal way for me to work. anything is possible and fair game. Nadia was the boss though – she had the song and we just filled in the instruments. it was pretty clear when we were going the right direction, and when we weren’t.”

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‘oh my’ out 26th January, 2018 on Father/Daughter (North America) and Memphis Industries