Field Report
Field Report is an American folk band formed in 2011 in Milwaukee, Wisconsi… Read Full Bio ↴Field Report is an American folk band formed in 2011 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The band is led by singer/songwriter Christopher Porterfield (a form member of the Justin Vernon-led band DeYarmond Edison.
Field Report, an anagram of Porterfield's surname, was culled together in the studio while recording their 2012 self-titled debut. They suddenly found themselves championed by their former idols: offered support tours by Counting Crows and Aimee Mann, lauded by the likes of Mark Eitzel and Richard Thompson, and covered by Blind Boys Of Alabama.
The band honed itself from a septet to a quartet in the year that followed, focusing its sound and tightening the screws. With a heavy batch of songs under their arms, they retreated to snowy Ontario in December 2013 to record their sophomore album, Marigolden, with the help of producer Robbie Lackritz (Feist).
After time roaming around the US playing tiny venues and sold-out amphitheaters alike, Porterfield was uncertain whether he was leading the charge toward an artistic epiphany or headed down a misguided path of self-destruction. Marigolden reflects this, as he ruminates across homesick tension and an un-grounded anxiety. But rather than wallow in melancholy, Porterfield finds solace and inspiration through his songs, which reveal themselves as uplifting and celebratory. The album is brighter than their 2012 debut, but somehow remains just as elegantly ominous.
Field Report, an anagram of Porterfield's surname, was culled together in the studio while recording their 2012 self-titled debut. They suddenly found themselves championed by their former idols: offered support tours by Counting Crows and Aimee Mann, lauded by the likes of Mark Eitzel and Richard Thompson, and covered by Blind Boys Of Alabama.
The band honed itself from a septet to a quartet in the year that followed, focusing its sound and tightening the screws. With a heavy batch of songs under their arms, they retreated to snowy Ontario in December 2013 to record their sophomore album, Marigolden, with the help of producer Robbie Lackritz (Feist).
After time roaming around the US playing tiny venues and sold-out amphitheaters alike, Porterfield was uncertain whether he was leading the charge toward an artistic epiphany or headed down a misguided path of self-destruction. Marigolden reflects this, as he ruminates across homesick tension and an un-grounded anxiety. But rather than wallow in melancholy, Porterfield finds solace and inspiration through his songs, which reveal themselves as uplifting and celebratory. The album is brighter than their 2012 debut, but somehow remains just as elegantly ominous.
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Field Report Lyrics
Ambrosia Looking for the Win-Win in all this wishful drinking got me…
Captain Video Captain Video and his Video Rangers were drowned on kineosco…
Chico the American We were martyred in the homes of our friends on…
Circle Drive leftside sidewalk hospital circle drive walked this way twic…
Cup and Cups I got a love that brings me home; got no…
Decision Day Now the morning was gilded around the edges With the shaving…
Enchantment Easter morning in New Mexico: The Son is risen on another…
Evergreen We did a lot in the name of preservation holding…
Fergus Falls This is the one in which I miraculously pulled out Of…
Home FIELD REPORT Marigolden HOMEOME (leave the lights on) Cold …
I Am Not Waiting Anymore I am red in tooth and claw God's favorite child's been…
Incommunicado I’ve been incommunicado for going on three days and the sil…
Marigolden I left Nebraska in my summer dress; left him behind there…
Michelle Oh Michelle, I'm coming down to see you Tonight is bruise-bl…
Never Look Back Got a mouth full of words, But nothing to say If you…
Pale Rider there's a pale horse outside my door in my dream, where…
Route 18 ROUTE 18 Elizabeth said last night the lake roared like the…
Taking Alcatraz So richer those give me a call From san Francisco waiting…
The Year of the Get You Alone In the year of the Get You Alone I got…
Wings hollow as a bird bone in a broken wing weighted to…