Everything Last Winter

by Fields

Overview

The five members of the British band Fields couldn't have planned it this way, but in a single ten-track album, they manage to evoke all of the following bands/artists (and in no particular order): My Bloody Valentine, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis, Radiohead, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Nick Drake, and Cocteau Twins. That may be a potent cocktail of influences, but it's all in balance throughout the eye-opening brew of lush, heavily textured music that spills from Everything Last Winter, the band's spellbinding full-length debut. Acoustic guitars have a special place in the songs of Fields -- before a swirl of synthesizers takes over, they set a deceptively gentle mood. They're the first of many layers in what amounts to a stacked but penetrable sound, one that's made all the more distinctive by the well-balanced male/female harmonies of Nick Peill and Thorunn Antonia. Standout tracks include the opening "Song for the Fields" (from their 7 from the Village EP) and the '70s-tinged "You Don't Need This Song (To Fix Your Broken Heart)." ~ Tammy La Gorce

Product Details

Release Date:	05/08/2007
Label:	Atlantic
UPC:	0825646992096
Rank:	182622

Tracks

1. Song for the Fields
2. Charming the Flames
3. You Don't Need This Song (To Fix Your Broken Heart)
4. Schoolbooks
5. The Death
6. You Brought This on Yourself
7. Skulls and Flesh and More
8. Feathers
9. If You Fail We All Fail
10. Parasite

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Fields   Primary Artist
Henry Spenner   Drums

Technical Credits

Michael Beinhorn   Producer
David Dragon   Illustrations
Eliot James   Mixing,Producer,Vocal Producer
Dick Beetham   Mastering
Fields   Composer