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   Field Music at Islington MillThis Friday 26th February sees a rare visit from Sunderland's favourite sons, Field Music.
Starts at 8pm, tickets £8 Lead by core members, brothers Peter and David Brewis, and aided and abetted by Andrew Moore, Sunderland's Field Music confused everyone by going on hiatus pretty much the week their last album Tones of Town come out. Field Music released two records of quirky, smart, pop music, and a sound that separated them from friends like the Futureheads. And that was a problem. Brothers Peter and David resented having to write songs that fit the Field Music sound, though this constraint was self-imposed: "It wasn't like there was any pressure from outside to conform to what we'd already done. The plus side to not selling any records is that the pressure's not there," David says. "But it was enough to think, 'I don't want to write songs imagining how the three of us are going to play it. I want to write whatever I need to write right now.'" He couldn't write on tour either. So in 2007 Field Music announced that they were finished. David released his first record as School Of Language, and Peter released his as The Week That Was in 2008. But David played drums on Peter's tour, and he says they still worked or recorded together often. Even David's month-long US tour wasn't the break he thought it would be. "I was thinking, thank God, a whole month away from Peter. But then I got home and wanted to give him a big hug and talk about music," David admits. For further info about Islington Mill contact studios@islingtonmill.com
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