Artist: Field Report Album: Field Report Bitrate: 230kbps avg Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz Label: Partisan Records Genre: Indie Size: 77.10 megs PlayTime: 0h 44min 25sec total Rip Date: 2013-06-06 Store Date: 2013-05-31 Track List: -------- 01. Fergus Falls 5:03 02. The Year Of The Get You Alone 5:12 03. I Am Not Waiting Anymore 3:28 04. Taking Alcatraz 5:23 05. Incommunicado 3:21 06. Circle Drive 3:35 07. Chico The American 5:50 08. Evergreen 3:14 09. Captain Video 3:34 10. Route 18 5:45 Release Notes: -------- To be in the band Justin Vernon was in before Bon Iver would be the biggest of bummers. But if youÆre Christopher Porterfield, you donÆt let the bummer get the best of you û at least not for too terribly long. Instead, you eventually realize that music is more than just a hobby, record a ten-track album in VernonÆs studio, and say great things of the now-famous Wisconsinite like, ôHe made me think that someone not living in a major city, who writes stuff that he believes in about stuff that he went through, that people want to hear that.ö As it turns out, the ôstuffö that Porterfield speaks of makes for a collection of songs so lyrically beautiful, youÆll feel like you just put down an incredibly written anthology of short stories by the time the record concludes, sighing loud; this record can wrench the soul. Set to delicately plucked guitars and electrifying pianos that create a cinematic chill, Field Report tells both PorterfieldÆs stories and the stories of those he observes in such a way that they become whatever the listener wants, each manifesting new meaning based on your lifeÆs roadmap. Take album opener ôFergus Fallsö, on which he sings, ôI was concealing his kid under his crewneck stateschool sweatshirt while he grinned off in the distance behind prescription shades that were blocking out the clouded-out sun,ö about a pregnant girl he saw at a festival who was with a guy who ôlooked like an asshole.ö He sings of loneliness on ôIncommunicadoö (ôIÆve been incommunicado for going on three days/ And the silence sings staccato around my ears and faceö), and of Springsteen-esque small-town life on ôIn the Year of the Get You Aloneö (ôYouÆve been sleeping with directorsÆ daughters and taking drugs IÆve never tried/ I drink at home most days and sometimes sleep with my wifeö). This isnÆt Born in the U.S.A. Bruce. ItÆs Nebraska Bruce. ôCircle Driveö drips with intimacy as Porterfield stops singing to breathe out, ôWeÆre doing fineö before belting, ôBut I am still your man/ Some days we do the best we can.ö The folky music is spacious yet sonic, and the 31-year-old musician has the pipes for such a background. The album is retrospective and relatable, and it proves that Vernon isnÆt the only Wisconsin resident to poetically wow us.