The Crayon Fields

2009 release  ** "Melbourne minor key pop magicians Crayon Fields announce the release of their long awaited second album, All the Pleasures of the World. In 2006, their airy, chiming debut, Animal Bells, was one of the year's most acclaimed releases, earning 7.8 review on Pitchfork and voted #2 in the Mess + Noise end of year critics poll (#4 in the general read poll). Crayon Fields have been working industriously on a follow up ever since. After several singles over the last 9 months, both domestically and overseas, it's time to marvel at the entire All the Pleasures of the World album, with it's loping bass lines, swooning strings and eerie, hypnotic harmonies. The album is a beyond stunning development on Animal Bells, both poised and precocious. There's a newfound confidence and lyrical openness from singer Geoff O'Connor and some of the most luscious backing ever heard on an Australian pop record. All the Pleasures of the World is pure pop magic, like a 21st-century update on the classic psych-pop sound of the Zombies."