I’m back in an “all hail pop” mood, the kind of mood that had me posting The Jam and Joe Jackson and Squeeze back whenever that was. I owe this mood to Field Music, whose latest, Measure, is 20 songs du pop in various stages of normalcy.
The point is, when you listen to Measure (especially the first five songs), it’s hard to believe it’s the first time you’ve heard it — in a really good way, like as in “sounds classic”: like a lost, impeccably-produced British pop gem from 1979/1980 that was slightly ahead of its time.
I dare you not to like this song:
Field Music – Them That Do Nothing from Measure
They’ll be at du Nord on March 26 (which is a Friday, and also $12, so no excuses).
