Field Music

Field Music
Field Music at The Water Rats, Kings Cross, London, UK. November, 2007.
Background information
Origin	Sunderland, England
Genres	Indie rock, art rock, progressive pop
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Memphis Industries
Associated acts	School of Language The Week That Was The Futureheads Maxïmo Park Slug
Members	David Brewis Peter Brewis Andrew Lowther (touring band) Kev Dosdale (touring band) Liz Corney (touring band)
Past members	Andrew Moore Tom English (touring band) Ian Black (touring band)

Field Music are an English rock band from Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, that formed in 2004, notable for their numerous side-projects and collaborations with other musicians in the Wearside region. The band's core consists of brothers David Brewis and Peter Brewis, with Andrew Moore occasionally featured as keyboardist. Their line-up has at times featured members of both Maxïmo Park and The Futureheads.

Prior to Field Music, David Brewis was in the projects The New Tellers and Electronic Eye Machine. Several songs from these bands ended up as early Field Music recordings. His brother Peter Brewis at one time played drums for fellow Sunderland band The Futureheads.

Field Music released their self-titled debut album in August 2005. A collection of B-sides and earlier songs (including tracks written for The New Tellers and Electronic Eye Machine), Write Your Own History, was released in May 2006. Their second album, Tones Of Town, was released on 22 January 2007.

In an interview with BBC 6 Music in April 2007 the band claimed they were intending to split once the promotional engagements for Tones Of Town were completed in June 2007.

"We basically want to do things that aren't classed as 'Field Music indie band'. We're not going to be a band for a bit. But Field Music aren't going to be over because we've already got a bank account under the name, so we'll just continue as a company. It's time to go and do some real work."

Field Music later confirmed that the band had not split, addressing the hiatus on their official website. David Brewis released the album Sea from Shore in February 2008 through his solo project School of Language through Memphis Industries (in the UK and Ireland) and Thrill Jockey Records (in the US and Europe), while Peter Brewis recorded an album under the name The Week That Was. The self titled album The Week That Was was released on 18 August 2008, also with Memphis Industries, and featured both David Brewis and Andrew Moore on some tracks.