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Field MusicPlumb75 Based on 12 reviews 2012 Ranking: #69 / 227
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REVIEWS
Like its predecessors, Plumb is polite and smart, arranging its unceasing collection of hooks like books on a shelf.
That we’ve got a band asking such questions of themselves, whilst making some of the most thoughtful, intelligent pop in the country, should be celebrated.
Plumb exudes the type of classic pop writing that sounds effortless but which we all know is anything but.
Despite the obvious comparisons, it's not a case of simply replicating bands or sounds; above all else Field Music are rock fans who absorb and remould the noises they love.
A large percentage of the songs are under three minutes, but feel like pocket symphonies.
Quite simply, Plumb is how pop music should sound.
A record of sweetly melodic miniatures that coalesce into form only long enough to tumble into the next meticulously designed song suite.
It’s far more opaque than Measure at first listen, a rat maze of persnickety, unpredictable pop that’s more akin to the first few full-lengths.
Intellectually and musically, it’s more like a rose bush in winter: thorny, twisty, and hinting at tantalizing beauty.
For all the stirring, resource-mulching features that the record boasts, its marquee moments are surprisingly unmemorable
Plumb feels unsure of how ambitious it wants to be, but instead of landing in the middle of the road, the lack of focus and uncertainty create an incoherent mess.
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RATINGS
| 91 | A.V. Club [src ] |
| 90 | Drowned in Sound [src] |
| 83 | Coke Machine Glow [src] |
| 80 | musicOMH [src] |
| 80 | NME [src] |
| 80 | The 405 [src] |
| 77 | Beats Per Minute [src] |
| 73 | Pitchfork [src] |
| 70 | Under The Radar [src] |
| 60 | PopMatters [src] |
| 50 | Paste [src] |
| 40 | No Ripcord [src] |
- Start The Day Right
- It's Okay to Change
- Sorry Again, Mate
- A New Town
- Choosing Sides
- A Prelude to Pilgrim Street
- Guillotine
- Who'll Pay the Bills?
- So Long Then
- Is This the Picture?
- From Hide and Seek to Heartache
- How Many More Times?
- Ce Soir
- Just Like Everyone Else
- (I Keep Thinking About) A New Thing
