Field of Reeds

Field of Reeds
Studio album by These New Puritans
Released 10 June 2013
Genre Neoclassical dark wave, art rock, post-rock[1]
Length 53:00
Label Infectious
Producer Jack Barnett and Graham Sutton
These New Puritans chronology
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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
allmusic [3]
Consequence of Sound[4]
Contact Music(9/10) [1]
Drowned In Sound(9/10) [5]
The Guardian [6]
MusicOHM [7]
Pitchfork Media(8.4/10) [8]
The Skinny [9]
This Is Fake DIY(8/10) [10]
Uncut(8/10) [11]

Field of Reeds is the third studio album by British art rock band These New Puritans, released on 10 June 2013 on Infectious Music. Produced by Jack Barnett and Graham Sutton, the album features prominent contributions from over thirty-eight session musicians, including fado singer Elisa Rodrigues,[12] and finds the band "reinventing themselves as a neoclassical ensemble."[8] The album is the band's first without keyboardist Sophie Sleigh-Johnson, who departed from the band in 2012.

Released to widespread critical acclaim, Field of Reeds reached number ninety on the UK Albums Chart.

Background and recording

During the recording of Field of Reeds the band worked extensively with classical musicians and singers, including two large ensembles: the Stargaze Ensemble and the Synergy Vocal Ensemble. Regarding the recording process, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Jack Barnett noted, "We pissed off a lot of people making this album, and drove a lot of people mad. We worked long hours of the day, every day. I'm a bit of a perfectionist. Maybe some of the musicians thought, "It's some popular music project, we can all relax, put our feet up." But it was a big challenge."[13]

Release

On 13 June 2013 the band released a music video for the album's second track, "Fragment Two", directed by Daniel Askill.[14] Videos were also made for "Organ Eternal" and "V(Island Song)".

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "This Guy's in Love With You"   3:02
2. "Fragment Two"   4:34
3. "The Light in Your Name"   6:03
4. "V (Island Song)"   9:16
5. "Spiral"   6:03
6. "Organ Eternal"   5:31
7. "Nothing Else"   7:49
8. "Dream"   4:14
9. "Field of Reeds"   6:28
Total length:
 53:00[15]

Personnel

These New Puritans

Additional musicians

Singers
Soloists
Stargaze Ensemble
Synergy Vocal Ensemble
Children of St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Others

Recording personnel

Artwork

References

  1. 1 2 "These New Puritans - Field Of Reeds Album Review". 20 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Field of Reeds - These New Puritans". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Field of Reeds - These New Puritans - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic".
  4. ↑ Litowitz, Drew (21 June 2013). "Album Review: These New Puritans - Field of Reeds". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 20 Jun 2013.
  5. ↑ "Album Review: These New Puritans - Field of Reeds".
  6. ↑ Costa, Maddy (6 June 2013). "These New Puritans: Field of Reeds – review".
  7. ↑ "These New Puritans - Field Of Reeds - Albums - musicOMH". 6 June 2013.
  8. 1 2 "These New Puritans: Field of Reeds Album Review". Pitchfork Media.
  9. ↑ "These New Puritans – Field of Reeds - Album Review". The Skinny.
  10. ↑ "DIY".
  11. ↑ "Field Of Reeds by These New Puritans reviews - Any Decent Music".
  12. ↑ Southall, Nick (30 May 2013). "These New Puritans' Field Of Reeds, Track-By-Track Preview". The Quietus. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  13. ↑ Snapes, Laura (8 May 2013). "These New Puritans". Pitchfork Media.
  14. ↑ Murray, Robin (14 June 2016). "These New Puritans - Fragment Two". Clash. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  15. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Field of Reeds". Retrieved 20 May 2013.
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