Free Download: Field Music's Tight, Tuneful 'A New Town'

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Field Music are pop formalists who've mastered a vein of melodic, clever English rock music pioneered by the likes of Paul McCartney, Electric Light Orchestra, Elvis Costello and XTC. "A New Town," a track from their forthcoming album Plumb, is a fine introduction to the band's style, with its elegant vocal melody set against a backdrop of tight beats and densely arranged guitar and keyboard parts.

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"It's a conversation between the two parties in a disintegrating relationship played out against a soundtrack of super-stereo double drumming and bubble blowing," singer and songwriter David Brewis says of the song. Plumb will hit stores on February 13th, but you can download "A New Town" for free now.

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Song Stories

“Youth Knows No Pain”

Lykke Li | 2011

“Like on 'Youth Knows No Pain' — we are the ones that should demonstrate, because we can take it,” Likke Li said. “We can pierce ourselves, take Ecstasy, dance all night and still go to work at our McDonald's jobs.” Despite the hedonistic sentiment in the song, the Swedish singer also admitted in hindsight her youth had repercussions. “I remember when I was 18-19 and feeling that I know it all,” Li said. “I always feel that I know it all. But that song is about realizing you don’t, and reflecting, ‘Boy, if I only knew what would follow.’”

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