SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE

In April 2007, Sunderland trio Field Music (David Brewis, Peter Brewis and Andrew Moore) announced in a round-a-bout way that they were clearing their diary of all band activity in the hope that a change of situation and expectation might help them to become as productive as they'd always hoped they would be. The first fruits of this new creative dawn is David Brewis's School of Language

Primarily recorded by David alone and consciously susceptible to the cut-and-paste, multi-tasking tangents induced by laptop recording, these constructions are resolutely un-band-like, veering between the intricate and unplayable and the solitary and unadorned, their cohesion stemming from an embrace of all that is most obtuse and personal.

Sea From Shore is bookended by the quartet of 'Rockist' tracks, a series of daydreams on words, their meanings and the decisions which follow from them, all underpinned by a collection of incessant looped voices. The album can, in some ways, be seen as a companion piece to Field Music's Tones of Town but where that record was preoccupied with the choices resulting from questions of time and place, here time is tied to people - often because of their absence, but at other times because their closeness is what rejuvenates us.

The album Sea From Shore out now in the UK and Ireland on 4 Feb 2008 on Memphis Industries (and in the USA and Continental Europe on Thrill Jockey). There's a limited edition version of the album knocking around with three bonus tracks - No Control, Across the Water and Aposiopesis Remix. The iTunes version is going to have some bonus tracks including a version of Roxy Music's If There Is Something. Memphis Industries are releasing a 7" on 28 Jan of Rockist Single backed with new track Tear Me Apart....here's some links to get hold of stuff:::

Check out the School of Language web site here

Here's School of Language performing live on Channel M ::::::::::

Sea From Shore - Album - 4 February 2007

Rockist Part 1
Rockist Part 2
Disappointment '99
Poor Boy
Keep Your Water
Marine Life
Ships
This Is No Fun
Extended Holiday
Rockist Part 3 (Aposiopesis)
Rockist Part 4

Get Sea From Shore (Bonus Tracker) here

Poor Boy - single - 19 May 2008

Poor Boy
Poor Boy (Live)
Rockist Part 1 (Acoustic)
Rockist Part 3 (Aposeposis) (Acoustic)

Rockist Single - single- 28 January 2007

Rockist Single
Tear Me A Part

Get Rockist Single 7" - here
Get Rockist Single on iTunes - here

Watch the Rockist Video here:

Press

"As an exquisitely contemplative guitar line cuts through the opening
miasma of looped vowel sounds, it's clear erstwhile Field Music
mainstay Peter Brewis has not blunted his experimental edge in the
quest for solo success. And this subtly captivating solo debut builds
a suitably grand yet homely edifice on the sure foundation of his old
band's thrillingly ornate pastoral chamber-pop". **** OBSERVER MUSIC MONTHLY

"At first glance, Peter and David Brewis' decision to shelve Field Music ranks
among the year's more perverse career moves. Three months after January's Tones
of Town showcased the Sunderland group's gift for clinical but uniquely affecting pop,
its fraternal brainbank announced they planned to indefinitely operate apart.
School of Language is David's current guise, Sea From Shore the work of a man pursuing
a generous (if mazy) muse through tracks coloured by laptop-looped vowel sounds, crisp
instrumentation and expansive, synth-segued arrangements. At times it verges on the frantic,
Disappointment 99 running measured riot before being reined-in by rabbit-from-a-hat shifts
in structure and Brewis' own warm, elastic northeast lilt. Between Poor Boy's squelch-bass shuffle and the 'Big Sound' tremors of Rockist Part 3 (Aposiopesis), the thrill is in both its fluency
and the sure knowledge of much more to come. **** MOJO

"This is without doubt one of this year's most innovative exciting and original albums with a vocal range that would make Freddie Mercury wince and an ear for harmony Brian Wilson would envy, this isn't so much an album that breaks the mould but one that warps it indistinguishably. 'Marine Life' boasts a sublime waltzing melody that melts in your ears, while the opening vocal driven riff of Rockist Part 1 is simultaneously a classic and 5 billion years ahead of its time. An album, then, that will change your life". 8/10 NME

"As one third of Field Music, David Brewis makes chamber pop cut with polished '70s rock and post-hardcore work outs. His own enterprise is both a very different kettle of carp and yet closely connected. Here he's roped in two of the Futureheads, among others, for an experimental but avowedly goodtime romp that updates everyone from Badfinger to 10cc and Yes in one admirably, fizzily energetic sweep" 4/6 Time Out

New Touring

30 Apr 2008 Arci KroenVerona, Verona
1 May 2008 ControsensoPrato, Prato
3 May 2008 Hafen 2, Offenbach
4 May 2008 Astra Stube, Hamburg
5 May 2008 Twisted Robot @ Westgermany w/Magik MarkersBerlin, Berlin
10 May 2008 Naked @ The White RoomSunderland, Northeast
14 May 2008 BBC 6 Music Riley Session (Full band)London
15 May 2008 Great Escape Festival- MTV2 NightConcorde 2, Brighton
16 May 2008 The Luminaire, Kilburn, London - Field Music presents....School of Language + The Week That Was
17 May 2008 Great Escape Festival - Mojo Stage, Old Market Brighton
31 May 2008 Wychwood Festival (David solo)Cheltenham Race Course
15 Aug 2008 Green Man Festival
16 Aug 2008 Green Man Festival
17 Aug 2008 Green Man Festival
20 Jun 2008 Edinburgh Indie Society @ The Ark Edinburgh, Scotland
21 Jun 2008 Brudenell Social Club w/Held By Hands & The Week That Was Leeds
22 Jun 2008 The Cluny w/The Week That Was Newcastle upon Tyne, Northeast
30 Aug 2008 Electric Picnic Festival, Ireland
31 Aug 2008 Electric Picnic Festival, Ireland

Old Touring

13 Mar, Pontiac, MI, Pike Room (Crofoot)
14 Mar, Chicago, IL, Empty Bottle
15 Mar, Detroit, MI, Scrummage University
17 Mar, Bloomington, IN- Spaceland
19 Mar, Seattle, WA, Nectar Lounge
20 Mar, Portland, OR, Towne Lounge
21 Mar, San Francisco, CA, Hemlock Tavern
22 Mar, Los Angeles, CA, Spaceland
23 Mar, Tucson, AZ, Club Congress
25 Mar, Austin, TX, Mohawk
26 Mar, Norman, OK, John Waldron Arts Center Firebay
27 Mar, Kansas City, MO, Record Bar
28 Mar, St. Louis, MO, Billiken Club