Biography
The flagship music group of the famous Sarah Information, the Field Mice neatly encapsulated the label’s trademark wispy, lovelorn pop sound and remain being among the most beloved Uk cult bands of their own time. Debuting in 1988 using the solitary “Emma’s Home,” the Field Mice had been originally made up of vocalist/guitarist Robert Wratten and bassist Michael Hiscock; in the beginning dismissed within the U.K. press only a small amount a lot more than twee pop fluff, during the period of following produces like 1989’s “Delicate” as well as the Therefore Stated Kay EP, the group gained not just a devout pursuing, but additionally grudging crucial respect, along the way getting Sarah’s best-selling music group. Later growing to some quintet using the enhancements of guitarist Harvey Williams, keyboardist Annemari Davies, and drummer Tag Dobson, the group kept fast with their label’s singles-only plan (or mini-LPs) until a much-requested compilation LP, Coastal, was finally released in middle-1991; a studio room album, For Helps to keep, appeared just a couple months later. Nevertheless, within the wake of the November, 1991 Glasgow live time which finished in on-stage fisticuffs, the Field Mice essentially disbanded, playing one last London farewell gig before splitting once and for all; Wratten, Davies, and Dobson afterwards reunited in North Picture Library and Trembling Blue Superstars.