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UPDATE 16th August 2005

New On The Chart



Hailing from the same North-East England scene as The Futureheads and, infact, featuring ex-members of the aforementioned group, it comes as no surprise that Field Music have certain stylistic similarities to, yep, you guessed it, The Futureheads.

However although there are resemblances between the local neighbours, Field Music often reveal a more adventurous modus operandi than the adoption of mere post-punk styling. Whither this is a good thing, though, is debatable.

A love of 70's FM radio is readily apparent (E.L.O in particular are to the fore) while quite complex shifts in direction and song structure give Field Music a more cerebral air than their more straight ahead Tyneside compatriots.

More often than not the string section is the lead instrument, dominating while guitar is kept to the background. A good comparison would be the latter day skewed pop of Super Furry Animals who clearly have a big influence on Field Music, particularly on the second half of the record.

However it's the constant 'we're-really-clever' twist and turns in the songs that see most of the tracks unravel after a brief glimpse of an interesting idea and the relentless, odd diversions and pace changes sabotage rather than ingratiate.

By the end of the record, having squandered a careers worth of ideas, Field Music start to repeat themselves, the ultimate musical crime, and consequently the eponymous album scores 6.41 and enters Konstantiranks at no. 40.

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RE-EVALUATION ROUND UP

Smog jumps almost ten places up the chart, by far the biggest leap of the year. Rapidly becoming a late night favourite at Konstantimansions, 'A River Ain't Too Much To Love' benefits greatly from the policy of re-evaluating records two months after they were initially ranked. Smog's rootsy maudlin bounds up to no. 12 with a score of 7.00

Four Tet scores exactly the same mark as it did back in May. Despite 'Sun, Soil and Drums' revealing itself as one of the stand out tracks of the year, the album as a whole can do no better than it's previous score of 6.88 and stays ensconced at no. 20

Stephen Malkmus' 'Face The Truth' posts a minor revival and climbs a couple of positions but remains in the lower reaches of the chart. As noted first time round, although there are some fine tracks on the album (Pencil Rot, No More Shoes etc) roughly half the albums content is filler material. No doubting SM's filler material is a more enjoyable listen than most others, but filler is what it essentially is. Stephen Malkmus moves up to no. 34 with a score of 6.58


KONSTANTIRANKS 2005 (CURRENT STANDINGS)

1. two gallants - THE THROES 7.66
2. edgar 'jones' jones - SOOTHING MUSIC FOR STRAY CATS 7.62*
3. mogwai - GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONS 7.40*
4. the fiery furnaces - EP 7.40*
5. antony & the johnsons - I AM A BIRD NOW 7.38*
6. the broken family band - WELCOME HOME, LOSER 7.23
7. the white stripes - GET BEHIND ME SATAN 7.16
8. edan - BEAUTY AND THE BEAT 7.16
9. arcade fire - FUNERAL 7.15*
10. king creosote - ROCKET D.I.Y 7.12*
11. roots manuva - AWFULLY DEEP 7.08*
12. smog - AIN'T TOO MUCH TO LOVE A RIVER 7.00*
13. mark mulcahy - IN PURSUIT OF YOUR HAPPINESS 7.00*
14. laura cantrell - HUMMING BY THE FLOWERED VINE 7.00
15. mek obaam - YOU AND I 7.00
16. the go-betweens - OCEANS APART 6.94*
17. caribou - THE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS 6.94*
18. teenage fanclub - MAN MADE 6.91*
19. amon tobin - CHAOS THEORY 6.90*
20. four tet - EVERYTHING ECSTATIC 6.88*
21. matt sweeney & bonnie prince billy - SUPERWOLF 6.86*
22. spoon - GIMME FICTION 6.85
23. whitey - THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL IS A TRAIN 6.85*
24. thievery corporation - THE COSMIC GAME 6.80*
25. fog - 10th AVENUE FREAKOUT 6.76*
26. malcolm middleton - INTO THE WOODS 6.75
27. low - THE GREAT DESTROYER 6.72*
28. clor - CLOR
29. lcd Soundsystem - LCD SOUNDSYSTEM 6.66*
30. aesop rock - FAST CARS, DANGER, FIRE & KNIVES 6.64*
31. eastern lane - THE ARTICLE 6.63*
32. emiliana torrini - FISHERMAN'S WOMAN 6.62*
33. sons and daughters - THE REPULSION BOX 6.60
34. stephen malkmus - FACE THE TRUTH 6.58
35. cagedbaby - WILL SEE YOU NOW 6.50
36. brakes - GIVE BLOOD 6.50
37. beck - GUERO 6.43*
38. bloc party - SILENT ALARM 6.42*
39. sufjan steven - ILLINOIS 6.41
40. field music - FIELD MUSIC 6.41
41. jose gonzalez - VENEER 6.40*
42. minotaur shock - MARITIME 6.36
43. the shortwave set - THE DEBT COLLECTION 6.30
44. the national - ALLIGATOR 6.19*
45. momus - OTTO SPOOKY 5.53

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