Hi all,

Just to let you know that The Playing Fields will be doing a set @ Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London (UK) this Thursday 31st July , doors @ 8 and on @ approx 9.20pm. This fab free event is to promote Camden talent and features over 50 artists all for free @ the famous venue, with art instillations all around the East yard. Come along if you can.

Steve@TPF>

Dear all yee,

The Playing Fields have posted a new song, a studio live demo of "A Seabed Made For Sleeping" to be featured fully on our forthcoming second album,"Hungry Ghosts". Hope you like. We will be doing an acousitc set @ Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London, UK on 31st July if you can come along. It's part of the lock-stock free mini-fest.

All the best,

Steve@TPF>

"A record of dark, intense melody driven tunesmithery that oozes atmosphere." (Fused Magazine)

"Their brilliant debut album is a mesmerizing journey which will have you captivated from start to finish." (L107FM, featured artist of the week)

"The band’s sound is... what might happen if Lou Reed and H. P. Lovecraft met in a pub one dark and gloomy night and decided to form a band. Some of the most hauntingly-poetic lyrics ever to grace a debut - or for that matter, platinum - album." (Music4M)

"Near perfect gorgeous plainsong harmonies...lush," (Spill)

"Blew me away, absolutely stunning... one of the best albums of 2006. Should be played up and down on every alternative station around the globe. So much atmosphere, I hardly could believe it... breathtaking; it’s so irresistible and catchy (they) must have sold their souls to the devil."  (Kontrast FM Radio)

"Dark, melodic tunesmiths," (The Guardian)

"Melody-drenched indie pop,"  (Time Out)

"Melancholic melodies with style and arreting honesty." (Bubblegum Slut Magazine)

"A very strong first record deserving of mainstream media attention.  It’s been a long time since an unknown band has appeared on my radar and completly surprised me. Depth and complexity, dark & menacing... Great stuff!" (Rock Beat Stone)

"Just the right blend of melody and passion... Wow!" (Acrylic Tom Tom)

"Outstanding... The CD sounds incredible, absolutely brilliant!" (The Playing Fields, Artist of the week, twice, Artists of the year 2006, Christopher Laird show, Radio Nowhere)

"Welding a tuneful melody to the observational verve of a Smog or Will Oldham... Great" (Dandelion Radio, Artist of the Month December 2006, Number 7 in "John Peel" festive fifty list)

"An album that looms at you from out of the shadows and proceeds to beat you with dark melody, cutting lyrics and burning fiddle. Hypnotic is a word too often used these days, but what do you say when something genuinely is... truly mesmerising." (Fatea)

"Excellently crafted with real passion... Each instrument resonates an ambience that had me fixed, and the minutes seemed to disappear in seconds. The Playing Fields brought a refreshingly reflective vibe to my urban landscape and I could imagine this track being played in any scene of a film where the protagonists have parted." (Music On Air)

"Passion and drive... taking you to a high crescendo of emotion." (TotalSpec Magazine)

"Stunningly well crafted song-writing, alarming in it’s depth and darkness, the songs billow from the speakers like a dense musical fog engulfing all who dare stand in it’s way. The record defies comparison, hynotises and mesmerises... a lush carpet of brooding
soundscapes." (Fuse Magazine)

"A rare sense of depth, both lyrically and instrumentally... irresistable melodic diversity is sown into the entire bredth of this collection of songs... it’s easy to get excited about this band." (NME)

"Uh-Oh. Sweet Jesus. WOW. these are GREAT songs." (Kramer)

"Tight, focused and forward.. with tremendous string accompaniment which could make your heart melt. We love it..  as if our ears requested this especially. There is nothing better than feeling happy about a great album you have heard today. Brighten up your tomorrow by buying Hello New World." (Unearthed Trasures)

"Depth and complexity, dark & menacing... Great stuff!" (Rock Beat Stone)

"Lovely music..." (DJ Elke, XLNZ FM/ Last FM)

"The cd is one of the best I’ve heard this year!" (Chris Smith XND radio)

"Dark, ethereal soundscapes," (Islington Gazette)

"Mesmerising and hypnotic... Sucks you in and you’re captivated by this brilliant CD." (It’s Not The Bands I Hate, It’s The Fans)

"The album sounds great,"  (Dave Cusick, The Post Modern Rock Show, (playlisted artist) KPSU FM, Oregon)

"Excellent debut album." (CKUT 90.3 FM)

"An inspired record that stands out from the pack." (Allmusic)

"Haunting melodies, momentous guitar riffs, uplifting emotional intensity... lyrics that read like poetry." (The Sound Magazine)

"An oceansize beguiling record... with  a disaffected grunge snarl... gripping and poignant." (Vanity Project)

"Fabulous, passionate, love the band... killer tracks... kick arse!" (YourSpace radio, Featured Artist)

"Edgy, with haunting melodies & great lyrics;  they’re gonna be big!" (3TuneDude, Featured artist, December 2006)

"Fuckin awesome tunes!" (Music Opens Doors Agency)

"I dig your sound alright... You’ve filled me with desire. I know what I like when I like it, and I can tell yours will be a band I will strive to keep an eye on... awesome. Its bands like you that make me consider doing an exchange to England." (Luce B, 8fm/ Victoria Broadcasting Channel/ Radio Active fm (playlisted artist,) New Zealand)

"You guys are great! We’ll sing your praises!" (Black Cottage Records)

"Well crafted music which contains all manner of surprises." (Enfield Independent)

"Great," (John Rose, UIC Radio, Chicago)

"We’re really liking this," (TPN Rock, featured artist)

"Phenomenal" (Racket Magazine)

"Serious music that deserves to be heard" (Tunatheday)

"Melodious and intense. The fruits of the energy contained throughout the songs are at times liberating." (Y Sin Embargo Magazine)


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"They call it Urban Desert, we just call it beautiful. The Playing Fields wooed us over with their instrumental lament breakdowns, poetic musings strung out across delicate violin lines and hung off gently strummed hooks, they wove their audio magic like a soothing spell." (Blowback Magazine)

"Even more brilliant than on their debut album... tight, edgy, definitly worth seeing." (Rock Beat Stone)

Hosted By: The Playing Fields
When: 18 Apr 2008, 19:00
Where: The Bush Hill Hotel
141 St. Mark’s Road, Enfield
London, London and South East|66 EN11BJ
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Hi all,

Just to let you know that we @TPF> towers have posted the demo version for another track, as yet untitled, to be featured on the second LP, provisionally titled "Hungry Ghosts" and due for release in 2008. Although this is far from the finished version we’re pretty pleased with this studio live version. Please drop by and have a listen to the new "Untitled" addition and let us know your thoughts. A demo version of "Seven" has also recently been posted there, so check ye if you haven’t yet.

Bestest

Steve@TPF>

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New unreleased song on Ola’s Kool Kitchen tonight

Hi, A new unreleased studio live track "A Seabed Made for Sleeping" will be featured on Ola’s Kool Kitchen @ 9PM GMT tonight and the show will soon after be available for download. Please tune in to the Kitchen @ www. radionowhere. org (click listen) or follow the links by clicking Radio Nowhere (in our top friends) Hope you like this snippet to be featured on our second album "Hungry Ghosts" Please message us with your thoughts. Steve@TPF>

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Greetings,

The Playing Fields are now back from our winter sojourns and raring to get our new EP & album recorded.
As a taster we have now uploaded the track "Seven" which will feature on the second album, provisionally titled "Hungry Ghosts"
& set for release later in the year. Although this is a studio recording it is far from being the
finished object. TPF return for their first UK gig of the year @ Sound, 1 Leicester Square, London on 13th March,
so if your anywhere near then please come along. Hope you enjoy the track. Message us.

All the best

Steve@TPF.

Just a note to say that we @ TPF Towers are pleased to have Hello New World named song of the year on the majestic DJ Ola's Kol Kitchen. Hurrah! The latest instalment of the Kitchen's funky nosh goes out tonight @ 9PM GMT on Radio Nowhere 3rd January 2008, in our top friends or @: www.radionowhere.org
& will be available as a podcast shortly afterwards.

We are also being featured on the latest Longtown Sound @: http://wlso.fm/wordpress/archives/924

Please shwizzle by @ have a listen.

Happy new year all,

Steve@TPF>

Hi all,

Just to let you know that The Playing Fields have been named as Radio Nowhere Artist of the Year 2007 (Hurrah!) and you can now download The Radio Nowhere best of 2007 show from www.radionowhere.org

You can also visit Radio Nowhere @: www.myspace.com/radionowhereuk

We have also made the cut for best songs of the year @ ichannel. Their countdown for the years best starts @ 5PM est on 31st November. Visit them @ www.myspace.com/ichannel 

Happy New Year to you all, and look out for a new EP & Album in 2008.

Steve@TPF>

Hosted By: The Playing Fields
When: 08 Nov 2007, 19:00
Where: Dingwalls
11 East Yard, Camden Lock
London, London and South East|66 NW18AB
United Kingdom
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