Field Music - Plumb

BBC“lacklustre moments are few...” This suburban, provincial sweetness – a tasty concoction far removed from the fashion-focussed silliness of London in both geography and intent – is eminently loveable...

allmusic“heir most precise, most musicianly, most progressive album to date...” "(I Keep Thinking About) A New Thing" that ends the album in a soaring, heartbursting moment of pop brilliance, and you've got a record that stands out as a career highlight in an already very impressive and inspiring career...

Clash Music“An exhilarating and ambitious collection...” Cements Field Music’s reputation for truly magnificently crafted classic pop-rock, with an unashamed love of the grandiose soundscapes of the Seventies and a taste for adorning songs with neatly selected sounds from real life...

MusicOMH“Packs in more sounds and ambitions than their entire back catalogue...” Field Music's lyrics and vocals are often overlooked; the grandiose nature of their music being their immediate draw. But Plumb is a reminder that this shouldn't be the case. As ever there's a grinding industrial, urban tone to their words...

Pitchfork“Each song-snippet sounds distinct and fully realized...” Plumb is a little too fussy. Great hooks rise up, but are quickly abandoned in the rush to the next good idea. Taken out of context, Plumb's best songs don't stand on their own quite as well...

Drowned In Sound“Even the fragmentary moments are inventive...” That we’ve got a band asking such questions of themselves, whilst making some of the most thoughtful, intelligent pop in the country, should be celebrated...

The Independent“What we must, I suppose, call angular pop...” One minute it's like listening to early Genesis, the next Smile-era Beach Boys, the next XTC and the next, um, 1980s Genesis...

Guardian“Field Music remain more impressive than lovable...” Retains their trademark arrhythmic time-keeping and melodic handbrake turns while deploying more heavenly harmonies...

NME“In a good way, your mum could love them...” They’re yearning for the simpler pleasures of childhood. Their response to these predicaments is to carry on making music that a) demands repeated visits and devoted attention to fully unlock and b) like a child, doesn’t sit still for a second...