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FIELDS - Everything Last Winter
| The Independent | | Fields are the latest British nu-folk exponents to deliver their debut, although there's a transatlantic polish to the album which would be frowned upon by traditionalists. Indeed, a mere minute or two of acoustic strumming into the opening "Song for the Fields", the sudden arrival of full-blown power chords belies their folkie status, nudging them closer to the post-Cure branch of indie-rock. ...full text |
| | Dotmusic | | Last year's "Songs From The Fields" EP was an untrumpeted yet bedevilling affair, showcasing this Brum quintet's mesmeric sound. Fortunately their debut proper sees them fulfilling such early promise. Opener "Songs For The Fields" is amongst the best intros to an album you're likely to hear all year. A mournful folk riff is complemented by the tight and emotionally sparse harmonising that Silver Apples used to deal in, with faint but effective touches of bucolic psychedelia, before a crashing landslide of heavy shoegaze guitars tautens everything to near breaking point....full text |
| | IndieLondon | ONE of the most striking things about Fields’ debut album Everything Last Winter is the power of the guitar work, which impresses from the outset.
Both Jamie and Nick have the happy knack of fusing some powerful and psychedelically tinged guitar riffs with occasional shots of early 1970s folk that work well in tandem with the boy and little-girl lost vocals....full text |
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