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The Field - The More That I Do

I think I first listened to The Field's 'Yesterday & Today' on a long train journey, which seemed appropriate enough what with it's charging trance rhythms and what not. It also accompanies looking out the window at rushing scenery quite well, with it's little explosions of colour and sunny melodies. I found it an even easier listen than 'From Here We Go Sublime' (I might be alone on that one). This is the first time I've seen The Field in it's live band incarnation since 'Yesterday And Today' came out, and the streamlined, clean sounds of his live show have become a bit grittier, more band-oriented. There are highs and lows to this - a drummer adding fills to trance beats is always a crowd pleaser, but the build and drop of the best songs feels a bit less effective when it's not ruthlessly mechanical. Live bass sounds great though. I don't know if this is just The Field finding it's feet as a live entity or that Axel Willner is taking the project in another more rock-dynamic direction. Either way, it was a very good show, and a genuinely interesting way to render these songs live. They didn't play 'The More I Do' though, which is criminal. Sort it out, The Field.