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10.0
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Uncut
The Brewis brothers may be at odds with the modern world, but in this stunningly realised double album, they've created the ultimate sanctuary
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9.0
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God Is In The TV
There's so much detail sprawled across these two discs that I couldn't possibly mention all of the great moments here, but suffice to say this is probably the first legitimately great album of 2010
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9.0
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No Ripcord
Field Music may still be tragically unhip for our synth-crazed times, but that doesn’t demean their value. Now, more than ever, they should distinguish themselves as leaders of the pack
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8.0
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Mojo
A sprawling gem of an album ... full of inspired decisions. Print edition only
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8.0
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Q
Although self-consciously oddball, it's thoroughly absorbing. Print edition only
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8.0
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music OMH
While Field Music (Measure) may not comply with preconceptions about double albums, it is still a very good record indeed. Put simply, it's like a regular Field Music album, only longer
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8.0
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The Skinny
It's that fuzzy Field Music groove we know and love, but it's back in abundance
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8.0
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The Music Fix
Field Music have made the lengthy wait worthwhile and created a truly cohesive and exciting indie-pop record
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8.0
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Drowned In Sound
(Measure) could have easily been pared down to ten or twelve tracks and would have been a mind-blowing record with a few songs left over for an EP worth seeking out. As it is, it is an uncommonly good double album
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8.0
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NME
Print edition only
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8.0
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Eye Weekly
Field Music is a 20-track, 72-minute opus that still feels as economical as an album half its size
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8.0
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The Irish Times
They still sport XTC, Fleetwood Mac and Supertramp frills and fringes like the fanboys they are, but it’s really the quality of the songs that is most impressive this time around
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8.0
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State
The invention, melody and warmth of this record could never be matched by any old three chord wonderS
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8.0
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The Times
Other groups are apt to deliver half as many songs, with half the ideas, played at twice the length
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8.0
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The Sunday Times
...a work of incredible beauty and complexity that will surely score high in end-of-year lists
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8.0
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Rave Magazine
The 20-song format has allowed Field Music to create a more experimental and spontaneous sound, while at the same time keeping their idiosyncratic pop songwriting charm
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8.0
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Pop Matters
It is, as Radiohead are forever reminding us, a great band who can reinvent themselves and yet remain the same. Measure achieves just that
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7.5
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Pitchfork
Measure is, if nothing else, a truly crafted record
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7.0
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Clash
Freed from self-imposed musical constraints, ‘Field Music (Measure)’ is big, bold and beautiful. Great to have you back, boys
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7.0
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The Observer
...the transition from the Prince-aping funk of "Let's Write A Book" into the dreamy, wistful pop of "You and I" provides the record's most rewarding union of chalk and cheese
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7.0
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Spin
They pare down their arty indie rock to its smartest elements: nervous percussion and orchestral flourishes
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7.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
Considering their first two records clocked barely half-an-hour, they’ve developed the intricacies of their songwriting and sound and created something vibrant that’s prepared to draw you back in when it starts to drag
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7.0
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Blurt
...the cinematic, nine-minute, orchestral closing track, "It's About Time," sums it up in theme and title, marking an epic end to an equally monumental and always interesting new album
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6.0
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The Guardian
The album loses its way in an odyssey of soft rock, Mesureshifting time signatures and Supertramp-esque twiddles
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6.0
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The Quietus
...they just can't seem to escape who they are: diffident, old-before-their-time, would-be playwrights. Rest assured, their assorted XTC-isms of yore –the tendency to frustrate energies, the sheer dynamics and the mellow discord – continue to lurk
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5.5
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onethirtybpm
I just wish Field Music had made a regular ol’ single album that focused on similarly old-fashioned things like songs
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