{"product_id":"limits-of-language","title":"Limits of Language","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eField Music\u003c\/strong\u003e release \u003cem\u003eLimits of Language\u003c\/em\u003e, their first album of new music for almost four years. Back in 2022, the touring cycle for the \u003cem\u003eFlat White Moon\u003c\/em\u003e album ended with a sense of finality. For the first time since the Mercury-nominated \u003cem\u003ePlumb\u003c\/em\u003e ten years earlier, Peter and David had no plan for what, if anything, would come next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, after six years of continuation, they were clear that if Field Music was to carry on then it would have to be different, in both sound and scope. Solo projects followed with 2023 seeing the arrival of David’s quietly-jazzy \u003cem\u003eSoft Struggles\u003c\/em\u003e, the playful electronica of Peter’s \u003cem\u003eBlowdry Colossus\u003c\/em\u003e alongside a limited-issue brass collaboration LP \u003cem\u003eBinding Time\u003c\/em\u003e and the vault-raiding \u003cem\u003eJohn Monroe\u003c\/em\u003e EP, made with original Field Music keyboard player Andrew Moore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt was these albums that provided fresh impetus for what was to become the new Field Music record. Whilst Peter amassed the instrumental compositions which became \u003cem\u003eBlowdry Colossus\u003c\/em\u003e, he was also tinkering with a batch of songs which would form the basis of \u003cem\u003eLimits of Language\u003c\/em\u003e, songs which mixed synthesised textures with off-the-cuff flickers of guitar and layers of disorientating found-sound percussion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese fleshed-out demos included \"The Waitress of St Louis\", an ode to the now-closed Sunderland café 'Louis', which featured on the cover of their 2007 album \u003cem\u003eTones of Town\u003c\/em\u003e, and to the Maggiore family who ran this cherished institution. David’s songs came from a different angle but leant into the same sonic palette and shared the same sense of a past becoming granulated. Album opener, \"Six Weeks, Nine Wells\" pits the hazy ecstasies of school summer holidays against the fear and foreboding of a child peeking through into an adult world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLimits of Language\u003c\/em\u003e sees Field Music continue with their astonishing, bloody-minded run of releases. A run which equates to an impressive twenty-one \"Field Music Productions\" in nineteen years as a band.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Memphis Industries","offers":[{"title":"CD | Rough Trade Exclusive","offer_id":50405597970763,"sku":"2214778","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50405597315403,"sku":"2209485","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Red LP","offer_id":50405597544779,"sku":"2209486","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50405597086027,"sku":"2209484","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/V8g53ZTK_d12f4fc0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726579751","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/limits-of-language","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}