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Snowball

by The Field Mice

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Letting Go 06:33

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From a sleeve that belligerently refused to offer prospective purchasers anything other than a 10” slab of pure colour (Pantone 259) to final track Letting Go’s almost-out-of-earshot vocal, Snowball - the last thing The Field Mice recorded as a duo of Bobby Wratten and Michael Hiscock, and the band's first non-7" release for Sarah Records - confirmed the band as one that would refuse to conform to anyone’s expectations, with the gentle understated lyricism of debut EP Emma’s House and guitar-storm sonic assault of follow-up Sensitive now making way for the skeletal dance rhythms of Let’s Kiss And Make Up, later to be covered by St. Etienne. Elsewhere, Couldn’t Feel Safer was a warm and tender love song on themes to which Bobby would return on next single If You Need Someone, and This Love Is Not Wrong a buzzing up-tempo pop song with unconventional gender politics; White, meanwhile, simply deployed frazzled waves of metallic guitar to quietly devastating effect.

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released January 1, 1989

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The Field Mice London, UK

The Field Mice began as a duo of Bobby Wratten (vocals, guitar) and Michael Hiscock (bass), old schoolfriends from south London. Harvey Williams (aka Another Sunny Day) joined on additional guitar and by the time of their final recordings for Sarah Records they were a 5-piece, with Mark Dobson playing drums and Anne Mari Davies on vocals, keyboards and guitars. ... more

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