The Field Mice
| The Field Mice | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock , indie pop , twee pop , dream pop |
| founding | 1987 |
| resolution | 1991 |
| occupation | |
| Robert (Bobby) Wratten | |
| Mark Dobson | |
| Harvey Williams | |
| Michael Hiscock | |
| Annemari Davies | |
The Field Mice were a British indie rock band from London that existed between 1987 and 1991. They count as representatives of twee pop and released their records on the influential independent label Sarah Records .
history
The singer and guitarist Robert Wratten and bassist Michael Hiscock originally founded The Field Mice as a duo in 1987, the other band members only joined later. Their first single Emma's House , which is only accompanied by a drum computer, was released in 1988. In the following years they became the flagship of their record company Sarah Records and followed their release strategy with singles, EPs and two mini LPs. After the British press initially disparagingly referred to the group as twee pop, they have now received better reviews. The compilation Costal was released in August 1991, followed by For Keeps two months later, the band's first and last full-length album. Like the mini LPs, it did not contain any of the songs released as single. After a brawl during a concert in Glasgow in November 1991, the band broke up and a final farewell concert was given in London.
In 1993 Robert Wratten, Annemarie Davies and Mark Dobson formed the Northern Picture Library , which broke up in 1995. Wratten then founded the Trembling Blue Stars together with Beth Arzy .
style
The Field Mice style was called "pure, perfect pop" with influences from indie dance, acid house , dream pop and shoegazing , all styles of music emerging in the late 80s.
Her song Missing the moon , reminiscent of New Order , was listed in the top 200 of the 1990s by Pitchfork . Saint Etienne's second single from 1990 was a cover of Let's Kiss and Make Up from the Field Mice album Snowball .
Discography
Albums
- 1989: Snowball (mini-album, Sarah 402)
- 1990: Skywriting (mini-album, Sarah 601)
- 1991: For Keeps (Sarah 607)
Compilations
- 1991: Coastal (Sarah 606)
- 1998: Where'd You Learn to Kiss That Way? ( Shinkansen Recordings )
Singles and EPs
- 1988: Emma's House (Sarah 012)
- 1989: Sensitive (Sarah 018)
- 1989: The Autumn Store Part One (Sarah 024)
- 1989: The Autumn Store Part Two (Sarah 025)
- 1989: I Can See Myself Alone Forever ( Caff Records )
- 1990: So Said Kay (Sarah 038)
- 1991: September's Not So Far Away (Sarah 044)
- 1991: Missing the Moon (Sarah 057)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Field Mice: Sensitive in Rolling Stone, July 29, 2008
- ↑ a b biography of Jason Ankeny on allmusic.com, accessed April 5, 2018
- ^ The Field Mice: Snowball + Singles in Pitchfork, March 16, 2005
- ^ The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s in Pitchfork