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Field Songs

William Elliott Whitmore

Field Songs

Fifth album from the Iowa-born blues / country musician who has roots in hardcore punk

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7.5

Label
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UK Release date
11/07/2011
US Release date
12/07/2011
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  1. 9.0 |   All Music

    Field Songs is Whitmore's masterpiece thus far: unflinching, stubborn, demonstrative, and inspiring
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  2. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    We Iowans may not be family farmers anymore, but we’d still like to think we share their values and that these are true American ideals. Whitmore connects us to that in an inspiring and stimulating way
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  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Entirely self-played, Field Songs thrums with the sounds of rural life. Cocks crow, birds cheep, water flows and bees buzz, while Whitmore seeks transcendence through simplicity
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  4. 8.0 |   Prefix

    With a banjo, a few drums and his bellowing, baritone voice, he reminds us who he is, where he comes from and what his music stands for
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  5. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Part hymnal to the land as much as it is a song for the passing of time and place. Print edition only

  6. 7.9 |   Paste Magazine

    The simplicity of his music is so powerful he sounds like an old soul, far beyond his 33 years
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  7. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    Each song reins in Whitmore’s craggy, righteous howl, calming it with gentle strums and the weary plucking of acoustic guitar and banjo
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  8. 7.5 |   Pitchfork

    Field Songs really plays best as a single document: a soundtrack to a day in the field, a day anyone stuck behind a keyboard has probably yearned for once or twice
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  9. 6.0 |   Blurt

    He rails with the resilience found in some of The Boss' best anthems. Whitmore may not have the same potential to fill the nation's arenas, but his rugged determination finds him undeterred regardless
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  • 1. Bury Your Burdens In The Ground N/A
  • 2. Field Song N/A
  • 3. Don't Need It N/A
  • 4. Everything Gets Gone N/A
  • 5. Let's Do Something Impossible N/A
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  • 7. We'll Carry On N/A
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