Field Music's David Brewis takes on the rockists

I was pretty sure no one was ever going to run another of my reviews, but look, here's my take on School of Language, which is a solo project from David Brewis of the disbanded Field Music. The record's out today. School of LanguageSea from Shore(Thrill Jockey)US release date: 5 February 2008UK release date: 4 February 2008by Jennifer KellySunderland's Field Music was known for its exquisitely constructed pop songs, elegantly proportioned compositions that united seeming contradictions in time signature, key, and mood into graceful, memorable wholes. Field Music is on hiatus now-in one memorable interview the Brewis brothers explained that the band was now only a name on a bank account-and with it some of the white-knuckled control. David Brewis' School of Language is nothing if not free-wheeling and adventurous, careening through pop, funk, soul, and glitchiness. Sea from Shore, his first mostly-solo album, is messy, even sloppy at times, but gleefully so. Hey, it's a bedroom record... you can't expect all the corners to be tucked in. (The rest is here: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/53196/school-of-language-sea-from-shore/ )Here's a video of David performing "Rockist" and "Extended Holiday" MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/schooloflanguage