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Field Report + Old Earth
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Thu Feb 14
7 pm
Field Report + Old Earth at Turner Hall Ballroom
Field Report is the latest, massively hyped musical project of Milwaukee’s Christopher Porterfield, formerly of Conrad Plymouth and DeYarmond Edison (the band he and Justin Vernon used to be in). A long-in-the-works debut album—recorded at Bon Iver headquarters in Eau Clare—was finally released in 2012 to much acclaim. Songs like “I Am Not Waiting Anymore” and “Taking Alcatraz” recall the opaque majesty of Porterfield’s former bandmate, but are stay grounded by an alt-country directness and rough, unaffected vocals. Oak Creak musician Todd Umhoefer is no stranger to haunted places. His 2009 debut as Old Earth, Out Of The Spheres Of The Sorrowful Mysteries, was written while alone in his parents’ house immediately following the death of his mother. For the recent A Low Place At The Old Place, Umhoefer once again seeks out an emotionally loaded locale, recording the album in the basement of his grandparents’ vacant home.
Turner Hall Ballroom 1032 N 4th St, Milwaukee, WI
Field Report is the latest, massively hyped musical project of Milwaukee’s Christopher Porterfield, formerly of Conrad Plymouth and DeYarmond Edison (the band he and Justin Vernon used to be in). A long-in-the-works debut album—recorded at Bon Iver headquarters in Eau Clare—was finally released in 2012 to much acclaim. Songs like “I Am Not Waiting Anymore” and “Taking Alcatraz” recall the opaque majesty of Porterfield’s former bandmate, but are stay grounded by an alt-country directness and rough, unaffected vocals. Oak Creak musician Todd Umhoefer is no stranger to haunted places. His 2009 debut as Old Earth, Out Of The Spheres Of The Sorrowful Mysteries, was written while alone in his parents’ house immediately following the death of his mother. For the recent A Low Place At The Old Place, Umhoefer once again seeks out an emotionally loaded locale, recording the album in the basement of his grandparents’ vacant home.
Updated 02/04/2013
