Fields

Prior to the release of their first album, Fields offered a special band-approved mixtape to fans through their website and MySpace page, including songs that give newcomers some idea of where the British five-piece is coming from: along with three of their own songs, old-school folk-rockers <a href="spotify:artist:55wOEGTc3QKwBJ9gntcOxT">Pentangle</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1giPBWN0VDXGhXEIROGhvM">Linda Perhacs</a>, synth pioneers <a href="spotify:artist:6dP7OHshDvGHaNNSwunol4">Silver Apples</a>, and an eclectic batch of current indie rockers like <a href="spotify:artist:4MXUO7sVCaFgFjoTI5ox5c">Sufjan Stevens</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1J4ACYB6yMqd79q3rjskqs">Thurston Moore</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0WtTGUjbur1R1cNzBvbsMU">Broadcast</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2ajVJyxI4sHmTMtTA3ENko">Smog</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:68HFSFMCZzyRjkkm9bv5Vt">Jaga Jazzist</a> all make appearances. This blend of eccentric acoustic folk, electronic washes of sound, and shoegazer guitar drones is a fine starting point for Fields, who construct their own music out of all of these influences and more. Based in Birmingham, Fields consist of singer and guitarist Nick Peill, Icelandic-born singer and keyboardist Thorunn Antonia, guitarist Jamie Putnam, bassist and keyboardist Matty Derham, and drummer Henry Spenner. Signed to the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Black+Lab%22">Black Lab</a> label, a British indie with a distribution deal with <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Atlantic+Records%22">Atlantic Records</a>, Fields debuted with the teaser EP 7 from the Village in the summer of 2006. The band's full-length debut, Everything Last Winter, which was produced by <a href="spotify:artist:2J0GFYB2eNlq5JezBGbJej">Michael Beinhorn</a> (<a href="spotify:artist:7nqSDaZKccpnUqjzedyZF4">the Bronx</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0L8ExT028jH3ddEcZwqJJ5">Red Hot Chili Peppers</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5l2EAkfckNPYZbEDbQtEkO">Pete Yorn</a>), hit stores in early 2007. ~ Stewart Mason, Rovi