Field Music performing at Rough Trade East, London (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media)
Field Music have unveiled their new album Making A New World, set for release on January 10th next year.
A concept record looking at post-World War One Britain, Making A New World was triggered by a project the band undertook with the Imperial War Museum earlier this year. “I found myself looking at the history of sanitary pads,” David Brewis says of the lead track Only In A Man’s World.
“It turns out the modern design was developed from a wartime surgical dressing. The advertising hasn’t changed much in a hundred years i.e. Hey Ladies! Let’s not mention it too loudly but here is the perfect product to keep you feeling normal WHILE THE DISGUSTING THING HAPPENS.”
“It’s a kind of madness that a monthly occurrence for billions of women – something absolutely necessary for the survival of humanity – is seen as shameful or dirty – and is taxed MORE than razor blades?!”
“I kept asking myself, is it okay to write this? But I think confronting my own embarrassment is a pretty fundamental part of what the song is about.”
Field Music will tour the UK in the new year, playing Glasgow, Nottingham, Leeds, Whitley Bay, Manchester and London.
Tour dates:
February 2020
1 – Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery
21 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
22 – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
27 – Whitley Bay, Playhouse
28 – Manchester, Dancehouse
29 – London, EartH