Oh happy day. One of my favorite records of 2008 was The Week That Was' debut album, a lush production that recalls the days of Kate Bush, ZZT and The Blue Nile but minus some of the '80s ickier sonics. So I'm very curious how the Brewis brothers are going to pull the album off in a live setting when The Week That Was tours here briefly in March. But if anyone can do it, they can. Field Music were always great live, and all of them are also in TWTW. I guess the real question is how many other musicians will be along for the ride. I can't wait to find out. Here' where:
Mar 7 The Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois
Mar 9 Mercury Lounge New York, New York (tickets)
Mar 15 The Grog Shop Cleveland, Ohio
Mar 18 SXSW Austin, Texas
The weekend of Mondo Kim's closing, I picked up the 7" of The Week That Was' brilliant "The Airport Line," mainly because it was $2 but then the b-side, the Razmataz Lorry Excitement remix of "Learn to Learn" turns out to be amazing, transforming the song from Peter Gabriel into Heaven 17:
MP3: The Week That Was – Learn to Learn (Razmataz Lorry Excitement remix)
And the original just for comparison purposes:
MP3: The Week That Was – Learn to Learn (album version)
Buy the album from Insound. It's brilliant.