Field Music at Rough Trade East (Photo: Alberto Pezzali for Live4ever Media)
Field Music have picked Count It Up as the first single from their new album Open Here, and immediately have plenty to say about the UK’s current political climate.
“I’ve been down and angry about the state of everything lately,” David Brewis explains. “Our town (Sunderland) has become infamous in that it was the first place that voted for Brexit, and that threw into really stark relief loads of fears I have about where we live. It’s been a downtrodden place for quite a long time and people look for someone to blame.”
“I went through a period not long after the global financial crisis when I read a lot about economics. There’s a section in a book by Joseph Stiglitz called Making Globalisation Work about how those on the right hand side of the political spectrum tend to ascribe their fortunes entirely in the frame of their own talents.”
“If somebody is poor it’s because they’re stupid, and if I’m rich it’s not because my parents gave me a great start in life, or money, or a great education, it’s because I’m talented and brilliant. I think all of that fed into this howl of rage set to what’s basically my version of ‘Material Girl.’”
On the day of the album’s release, February 2nd 2018, Field Music start a UK tour in Newcastle.
Tour dates:
February 2018
2,3,4 – Newcastle, Northern Stage
March 2018
8 – Brighton, Komedia
9 – Bristol, Lantern
10 – Southampton, Engine Rooms
11 – Exeter, Phoenix
15 – Birmingham, O2 Institute 2
16 – Manchester, Gorilla
17 – Glasgow, Saint Luke’s
22 – Liverpool, Arts Club
23 – Sheffield, Foundry
24 – Norwich, Waterfront
25 – London, Barbican Hall