David Brewis is an English singer, songwriter and musician. With his brother Peter Brewis, he formed Field Music, a rock band based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear in 2004.[1][2]

Prior to Field Music, he was in the band New Tellers.

Field Music released their self-titled debut album in August 2005. A collection of B-sides and earlier songs (including tracks written for The New Tellers and Electronic Eye Machine), Write Your Own History, was released in May 2006. Their second album, Tones Of Town, was released on 22 January 2007.

During the hiatus of Field Music from 2007 to 2009, he worked on a personal musical side project School of Language[3] releasing the album Sea from Shore in February 2008 through Memphis Industries (in the UK and Ireland) and Thrill Jockey Records (in the US and Europe). The same year he also cooperated with his brother Peter Brewis who had launched his own musical project The Week That Was. In the same-titled album The Week That Was released on 18 August 2008, also with Memphis Industries, David Brewis was featured on some of the tracks.

David Brewis has also played with former Fiery Furnaces singer Eleanor Friedberger on her UK tour in the summer of 2013.[4] He released a second School of Language album Old Fears, in April 2014.[5]

Both David Brewis and Peter Brewis joined their former bass player Ian Black in the band Slug, touring as support to Hyde & Beast in the autumn of 2014.

Discography

The New Tellers

  • The New Tellers (2003)

School of Language

You Tell Me

Appearances in The Week That Was

Appearances in Slug

  • Ripe (13 April 2015)

References

  1. ↑ Lamont, Tom (19 February 2012). "Field Music: 'We earn five grand a year'". Theguardian.com.
  2. ↑ "It's Okay to Change: A Conversation With David Brewis of Field Music". PopMatters.com. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "The Quietus | Features | Escape Velocity | Fears Faced: School Of Language's David Brewis Interviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Eccleston, Danny (19 August 2013). "Eleanor Friedberger Comes Into Her Own". Mojo. London.
  5. ↑ "Field Music's David Brewis Announces New Album as School of Language". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Memphis Industries". Memphis-industries.com. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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