Field Music are going to release their new album early next year, and they’ve just dropped a new song from it, ‘Time In Joy’.
Peter Brewis comments: “People have a sort of romanticized idea of feelings that are painful or dark, that they are more meaningful, but when I’ve been through dark times, I find that there isn’t a lot of romance in that, that I function better and get more meaning out of positive experiences.
“With some things that have been happening personally to us recently, and obviously the things happening in the wider world, there’s a kind of defiance in playfulness, and that’s what we were trying to capture with this song.
“It isn’t escapism, but it’s an attempt to confront those things with a deliberate sense of fun. Fun in the face of hardship. We set out to have a good time making this record, in spite of everything.”
‘Open Here’ is due on 2nd February via Memphis Industries, followed by a handful of special shows with the Open Here Orchestra at London’s Barbican and Newcastle’s Northern Stage.
Listen to ‘Time In Joy’ below.
Catch Field Music on tour:
FEBRUARY
02 Newcastle, Northern Stage
03 Newcastle, Northern Stage – Matinee Show
03 Newcastle, Northern Stage
MARCH
08 Brighton, Komedia
09 Bristol, The Lantern
10 Southampton, Engine Rooms
11 Exeter, Phoenix
15 Birmingham, O2 Institute 2
16 Manchester, Gorilla
17 Glasgow, Saint Luke’s
22 Liverpool, Arts Club
23 Sheffield, Foundry
24 Norwich, The Waterfront
MAY
25 London, Barbican
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