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Music for Drifters

Field Music

Music for Drifters

The fifth album from Sunderland brothers David and Peter Brewis is the soundtrack to a fishing documentary by Scottish filmmaker John Grierson

ADM rating[?]

7.2

Label
Memphis Industries
UK Release date
24/07/2015
US Release date
24/07/2015
  1. 8.0 |   NME

    Unusual and innovative musicianship makes the Brewis Brothers' instrumental album sing
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  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Complex, compelling soundtrack, this is a brave undertaking. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    There’s always something about Field Music that wipes any sort of cynicism about modern music away. Something cleansing, refreshing and captivating, much like a dip in the sea. Once again, they’ve managed it here
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  4. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    As with all of their creations, the gentle dusting of a hi-hat and the nervous wobble of a xylophone undulate and entwine as if the instruments are in conversation
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  5. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    Another fine showcase for the prodigious talents of this Sunderland twosome
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  6. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Seems like a landmark in the decade long life of Field Music in that they’ve allowed the rolls of piano to just take them wherever they will, and the result is pretty spellbinding
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  7. 7.0 |   All Music

    Ultimately, Music for Drifters ebbs and flows with the documentary, moving from idyllic seaside splendor to foreboding mid-ocean swells and back agai
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  8. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Is as light and playful as it is skilfully arranged. Print edition only

  9. 6.0 |   Q

    Sunderland art-rockers soundtrack a 1929 fishing documentary. Print edition only

  10. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    Watching it with the film is undoubtedly more effective, but even without the visual component this is a mostly engrossing affair
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Field Music: Music for Drifters

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