Stereogum — For Record Store Day this year, Field Music will put out their fifth full-length album, an entirely instrumental recording that’s meant to act as the score to the 1929 silent documentary Drifters. It’s a discursion for the British band, who have ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis While Field Music are, for all intents and purposes on hiatus as a band, the Brewis brothers stay busy and still work together. Recently they've been helping Ian Black (who played bass in the live version of... more info

Stereogum — Even though Field Music frontman Peter Brewis is busy with his orchestral-minded album with Paul Smith, that hasn’t stopped him from getting involved in other projects. Enter SLUG, a new band fronted by former Field Music bassist Ian Black, who deb... more info

Stereogum — Paul Smith and Peter Brewis are best known for their bands Maxïmo Park and Field Music, respectively, but this year they’ve collaborated on a very different-sounding project. The new album Frozen By Sight pairs lyrics based on Smith’s travel wri... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis English towns Sunderland and Newcastle upon Tyne are only 25 minutes apart and bands from the area share a similar sensibility. Paul Smith of Newcastle's Maximo Park, and Peter Brewis of Sunderland's Field Music have been friends... more info

NME — Collaboration project also post first cut from 'Frozen By Sight' online more info

Stereogum — It’s been two years since the last Field Music album, but the Brewis brothers have kept busy — David released a new album under his side project School Of Language earlier this year and now Peter has announced a new album with Maximo Park’s Pau... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Last year, Manchester singer-songwriter Kiran Leonard released Bowler Hat Soup, an exceedingly assured debut, filled with momements both lovely and loud. It was all the more impressive considering Leonard was 17 upon its release. If yo... more info

Stereogum — School Of Language, the solo side project of Field Music member David Brewis, is about to drop the new album Old Fears, and director Andy Martin’s video for the stiff and disco-flavored single “Dress Up” does fascinating things with it. Martin ... more info

Stereogum — David Brewis is part of the permanently nervous UK indie-pop crew Field Music, and next week, he’ll release Old Fears, his second solo side-project album under the name School Of Language. Early tracks “Between The Suburbs” and “Dress Up” h... more info