"star where are you now"
"Whoa"... uttered quietly from my lips as I listened to Star Where Are You by Denton, Tx based "futuristic 60s/70s folk rock and psychedelic pop" duo Field Division. I mean slowly ramping up the ambient sounds, the searching base line and pearly ascensions glowed in a Pink Floyd-ian sort of way and when Nicholas Frampton's vox float in supported by Evelyn Taylor's backing vox with organ sounds hanging in the air you feel a bit intoxicated.
Of the dream inducing track, the pair offer:
“It’s about losing a friend or loved one - to death or distance - feeling far enough away from your shared existence to perceive them in a different light. It’s about loneliness and getting through it on a sliver of wonder.”
The compositional aspects of the song are wonderfully complex, with a narrative that turns corners, time signature changes, stark dynamic breaks, tender trance like vocal arrangements, psych crescendos and that goddamn bass line that is both sultry and seriously bad ass. Within the artful psyche rock you feel turns, hints of baroque pop within the rock classicalism. It is so lovely to hear this kind of dreamy psychedelia that goes deep, not succumbing to the dream pop tropes of the day.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
Denton, TX based futuristic 60s/70s folk rock and psychedelic pop duo Field Division cast a spell with their new ethereal single, “Star Where Are You". Field Division, consisting of the duo Evelyn Taylor and Nicholas Frampton, explain the meaning behind the song, “Star Where Are You,” saying:
“It’s about losing a friend or loved one - to death or distance - feeling far enough away from your shared existence to perceive them in a different light. It’s about loneliness and getting through it on a sliver of wonder.”
Field Division shared a new single in early 2020 with “Black Velvet Skies,” a song offering peace in the midst of relentless modern disillusionment, a George Harrison cover of “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth), and now, “Star Where Are You,” the second single from their upcoming LP. With album number two on the horizon, the duo are planning a self release, optimistic that their well-crafted, atmospheric songs will hold up beauty and healing to this chaotic universe.
Field Division delivered a timeless collection of songs with their 2018 debut LP, Dark Matter Dreams, receiving praise from CLASH, Slug Magazine and debut EP, Reverie State, that will make you think you’re back in hazy, Laurel Canyon. Taylor’s ethereal vocals are complimented by Frampton’s tight harmonies and superb guitar playing, with each taking the lead on a song à la Buckingham Nicks, their chemistry weaving a path through the music and on stage.
The recordings and live full band (featuring members of Midlake) create a dreamscape that showcases the depths of Taylor and Frampton as more than just singer-songwriters. With the power to transport the listener to another often otherworldly place and time, their songs explore themes of transcendence and peace, depression, and darkness.
Over the years, Field Division has toured all over the States, the UK and EU, and have appeared at festivals such as SXSW, CMJ, 80/35, Hinterland, Mission Creek, Oaktopia, GDP, Indiestad & Reeperbahn. Notable acts they’ve opened for include Spoon, Delta Rae, Chris Stills, Horse Feathers, Josh Rouse, Erika Wennerstrom, Holly Macve, Israel Nash, and Widowspeak.
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