Open here

"Overstated stereotypes of northern grimness are more redundant than ever today, not least when the entire planet is enshrouded in bleakness - and the only reason we even mention it is because contemporary despair is, in large part, what Open Here seeks to confront and ideally dispel. The first thing that strikes you is an apposite openness of sound, achieved not just via thoughtful, spacious arrangements and due diligence at the mixing desk, but built into the compositions themselves, from the ground up ... Is it too early to call 2018's album of the year?".

"Throughout the album, the Brewis brothers toy with the whimsical, outsized arrangements that are their calling card while borrowing bits and pieces of prog-pop and funk, amounting to some of their most expansive and boisterous music yet. Given the state of global affairs, it sometimes feels daunting just to have to be a person, let alone a person responsible for the wellbeing of others. With Open Here, Field Music rise to the challenge with a set of newly crystallized talking points, offered up along with a glorious mess of noise".

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"It's rare for a band so far into its career to make an album that can still surprise listeners as the group gleefully makes its way from beginning to end. Field Music are masters of that neat trick, and Open Here is no exception. It stands with their best work - some songs would no doubt end up on a greatest-hits collection - and in that regard is some of the best pop music anyone could hope to hear in 2018 or any time after".

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