It’s time to partially close down the blog for the period over Christmas and New Year. This time around I’m going to put up a re-posting from times gone by, and I’ll try my best to have all of them feature musicians whose appearances have been infrequent.
This dates from 3 August 2016.
THERE’S TWEE…..AND THEN THERE’S THIS
That above is the sleeve to the 7″ single with the catalogue number SARAH 12. It came out in December 1988 and was the debut from The Field Mice. The lead track is achingly gorgeous. There were three quality songs alongside it. If you own this single than please treasure it and look after it well. It sells for upwards of £60 on the second-hand market these days.
(2024 update……make that upwards of £100)
Of course, I don’t have a copy. I missed out on a lot of music in the late 80s as my priorities were elsewhere. It took me a long long long time to discover The Field Mice and it came courtesy of a 1998 CD compilation, which even then I didn’t buy until 2007… but I really didn’t mind being so late to the party.
The four tracks on the debut single appear on that compilation:-
mp3 : The Field Mice – Emma’s House
mp3 : The Field Mice – When You Sleep
mp3 : The Field Mice – Fabulous Friend
mp3 : The Field Mice – The Last Letter
Enjoy.
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 
In 2005 I sometimes played football with some local DJs who were really into twee pop. They forced me to buy the reissues + singles. Although I only like twee in small, digestible doses, I regret leaving out “Skywriting”.
“Emma’s House” is probably still one of the most beautiful singles in the jangly world.
[silly kisser]
Sorry. Soccer. [sk]
Emma’s House always makes me smile.
I think I said this on the original post, but I’ll repeat it here. Triangle is still my favourite Field Mice track but Emma’s House runs it very close.