Loosely Sublime: A Portrait of The Field

The Field, the alter-ego of Axel Willner (electro-techno hero of Sweden,) just released his third album entitled From Here We Go To Sublime. I personally find it difficult to listen to ambient techno for so long. I'm sure its a sufficient genre to appreciate upon eating in a trendy Japanese restaurant in the West Village (I highly recommend Sushi Samba,) but when one is in the company of one's own home, it is merely music with no direction. I feel as though I cannot give a good review however, because I'm not familiar with wordless techno-background-type music. I'm sure if someone who wanted to buy this album talked to someone else who spends their times in hip clothing stores and other locations where they would play this kind of music, he/she would point you to an accurate judgement. I, merely stating my own point of view after listening to quite a few songs on the album, get kindof bored, yet I'm hypnotized at the same time. Songs like "A Paw in my Face" and "The Little Heart Beats So Fast" are the best of the bunch. The repetition in these songs, although uniform, is somewhat infectious. "The Little Hearts..." contains that infamous "uh!" sound normally found in Peaches songs or those breath sounds dating back to The Pixies' "Tame" and Imperial Teen's "Yoo-Hoo." The "uh" isn't as sloppy and raw as it is found in the songs I just mentioned, but it nevertheless drives the song. This review is sounding weirder and weirder to me as I go on, but so will this album if you are numb enough to listen to the entire thing. Don't throw tomatoes at me; I know Pitchfork gave it a 9.0

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Download:
The Field - The Little Heart Beats So Fast
The Field - A Paw in My Face