It’s been two years since Axel Willner and his bandmates in The Field released their last album, Yesterday and Today (TMT Review). With it, we saw the eclectic electronics they’re capable of as a fleshed out trio. The digital release of Looping State of Mind dropped earlier this month and had us feeling like our MDMA was spiked with something wicked yet subtle. The physical release will drop on October 11 via Kompakt, so you know what that means. No, not more drugs (well, depends how you roll). Rather, The Field will embark on a North American tour to support the album.
If you haven’t already, take a listen to “Then It’s White” here, and you can immediately hear the ever-evolving material, not to mention the finesse with which they shape each track around these seemingly simple loops. Willner describes the title as such: “It comes from the feeling of having looping thoughts — both good and bad — in your head, and being unable to get them out, but then, of course, my music is based around loops and repetition too.”
Recorded in the label’s city headquarters of Cologne, Looping State of Mind expands upon the signature sounds but moves it into something further and constantly growing. Check the dates to see if The Field will be bringing their cosmic textures to your hood soon.
Dates:
10.20.11 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
10.21.11 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
10.22.11 - Toronto, ON - Wrong Bar
10.24.11 - Montreal, QC - Le Belmont
10.25.11 - New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge
10.28.11 - Asheville, NC - Moogfest
10.29.11 - Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall
10.30.11 - Boston, MA - Great Scott
10.31.11 - Los Angeles, CA - Los Globos
11.01.11 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
11.02.11 - Portland, OR - Holocene
11.03.11 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
11.05.11 - Vancouver, BC - Electric Owl
• The Field: http://www.myspace.com/thefieldsthlm
• Kompakt: http://www.kompakt.fm
