THE WEEK THAT WAS
In 2007, Peter Brewis (Field Music) decided to record his own stuff. |
11 September - End Of The Road Festival, North Dorset, UK
01. Learn To Learn
02. The Good Life
03. The Story Waits For No One
04. It's All Gone Quiet
05. The Airport Line
06. Yesterday's Paper
07. Come Home
08. Scratch The Surface
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"Brewis constructs songs with architectural scale and precision - in its own prim, nostalgic, English way, it's pretty dazzling stuff." - **** Uncut
13 May - The White Room Sunerland, Northeast
16 May - The Luminaire, Kilburn, London, Field Music Presents..School of Language and The Week That Was
18 May - Tyneside Cinema Newcastle, Northeast
31 May - Wychwood Festival, Cheltenham Racecourse
21 June - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club w/ School of Language
22 June - Newcastle, The Cluny w/ School of Language
29 June - Glasgow, Mono - Hey You Get Off My Pavement Fest
09 August - The Distraction Weekender Newcastle, Northeast
14 August - BBC 6 Music session - The Brain Surgery Manchester, Northwest
14 August - The Deaf Institute with School of Language Manchester, Northwest
17 August - The Windmill, Brixton, London
18 August - 93 Ft East, London, with Menomena
20 August - Kings College, London with Yeasayer
28 August - XFM Xposure Live, Barfly, London with School of Language
06 September - Fistful of Fandango, 229 , Great Portland Street London
23 September - Mojo Club, The Slaughtered Lamb, London
24 October - Captains Rest Glasgow, Scotland
26 October - Academy Bar Birmingham, Midlands
27 October - The Harley Sheffield, Northwest
28 October - Roisin Dubh Galway
29 October - Crawdaddy Dublin, Dublin
30 October - Club Ifor Bach Cardiff, Wales
31 October - Zodiac Oxford with the Ruby Suns
06 November - ICA, London
19 November - Le Ramier w/Stereolab Toulouse, Midi-Pyrennes
21 November - Caixa Galicia w/Stereolab Galicia, undefined
22 November - Razzmatazz w/Stereolab Barcelona, Barcelona
23 November - La Riviera w/Stereolab Madrid, Madrid
24 November - Teatro Cervantes w/Stereolab Malaga, Malaga
26 November - La Cigale w/Stereolab Paris, Ile-de-France
27 November - Olympic w/Stereolab Nantes, Pays de la Loire
28 November - Club Manafaktur w/Stereolab Schorndorf, Baden-Warttemberg
29 November - Stage Club Hamburg, Hamburg
01 December - Metro London, London
16 December - Oran Mor w/Stereolab Glasgow, Scotland
17 December - Academy 3 w/Stereolab Manchester, Northwest
18 December - Concorde 2 w/Stereolab Brighton
19 December - Koko w/Stereolab London, London
2009
04 March - The White Room, Sunderland
07 March - The Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois
09 March - Mercury Lounge, New York
11 March - Canadian Music Week at The Green Room, Montreal
12 March - Canadian Music Week at The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
14 March - Canadian Music Week at The Mod Club, Toronto
15 March - The Grog Shop, Cleveland, Ohio
18 March - Friends Bar @ SXSW Austin, Texas
27 March - Tapestry Club @ St Aloysius Church London
09 April - Drowned In Sound Night at The Deaf Institute, Manchester
10 April - Bird On The Wire @ Bardens Boudoir, London
14 April - Live Session on BBC Radio 2
14 May - Uncut Stage at The Great Escape, Brighton
15 May - Wood Festival Oxfordshire, London
16 May - Chameleon Cafe, Nottingham
22 May - The Art Works, Newcastle, Northeast
17 June - Borderline, London
07 August - Off Festival, Myslowice, Poland
11 September - End Of The Road Festival, North Dorset, UK
The trio took a hiatus in 2007, prompting the bandmates to pursue their own projects in the interim. While David Brewis formed School of Language, brother Peter took a curveball approach to his own writing, peppering his indie rock epics with strings, piano, left-hand turns, and contributions from a wide cast of musicians (including his partners in Field Music). The songs were then recorded and packaged under the moniker the Week That Was, and a self-titled album appeared in 2008.
