Field Report Makes MAGNET A Mix Tape

Field Report‘s warm, dream-folk sound coordinates perfectly with deep reflection over a setting sun. The band’s self-titled debut (on Partisan) is mindful of history and plays with the way the past is remembered. “Chico The American” is a testment to that: “Hey, hey, Doris Day, send my love for me now/Please, please, Glen Shirley, say hello for me now/To Chico the American.” The track pays homage to an unknown character named Chico and the “hard drinking decade of the weekends.” Check out the mix tape Field Report made MAGNET below. Says Chris Porterfield of it, “Songs are fickle things. They live a million lives. They change their meaning over time. They are loved and loathed; they are built and broken; they are fleeting and inescapable. Here’s a playlist of songwriters on songwriting and the myriad forms it takes after the song has been conjured.”

“Chico The American” (download):
https://magnetmagazine.com/audio/ ChicoTheAmerican.mp3

Love-Cars “Let’s Start A Band”
A tongue-in-cheek take on why anyone starts a band: to “write songs about our friends … do our best to make things happen.” Audio

The Replacements “Talent Show”
“Ain’t much to look at though … playing at the talent show … close your eyes, here we go.” Video

American Music Club “Johnny Mathis’ Feet”
The moment you realize you might not have anything to say. Video

Smog “Prince Alone In The Studio”
I’m imagining how real professionals approach their craft. Video

The Caribbean “Artists In Exile”
How does anybody actually do this? What in the world am I trying to accomplish here? Audio

Wilco “Someone Else’s Song”
Did I even write this? Video

Kathleen Edwards “One More Song The Radio Won’t Like”
Does anybody give a shit? Video

Richard Ashcroft “Song For The Lovers”
Give them what they want: the overwrought illusion of love, while you’re alone in the hotel. Video

Simon And Garfunkel “Song For The Asking”
You really want this? OK, here you go. Video

Low “When I Go Deaf”
A shoe-in-the-dirt apology to a partner, beautifully sung as a duet by Alan and Mimi. Video