The Field: Looping State of Mind came out today. When it started streaming free online recently I got my first listen and loved it. I just picked it up today and I'm listening as I do some work. It breathes wonderful, danceable, non-concentration breaking, atmospheric soundscapes. It fills up the room. I think you will like it a lot. Don't believe me? Ask Pitchfork, Drowned in Sound, CokeMachineGlow, and others.
I surprised many by choosing Four Tet's There Is Love In You as my album of year last year over Arcade Fire: The Suburbs and The National: High Violet. This year The Field is already making a strong argument for my best album of 2011.
Totally agree. Really captured by this album, though it's going to be hard for even this album to unseat Seryn's "This Is Where We Are" as album-of-the-year so far.
Posted by: Brent Thomas | 10/11/2011 at 02:20 PM
I don't think anything is going to top Helplessness Blues and the last track on Wlco's latest. CJB
Posted by: Charles Byrne | 10/12/2011 at 12:45 AM
I'd be interested to know: what else is on your potential "best albums of 2011" list??
Posted by: Tim Casteel | 10/14/2011 at 03:09 PM
Tim, here's my response.
Posted by: Steve McCoy | 10/14/2011 at 04:04 PM