The Mailbox Giveth: Bright Little Field

Bright Little Field Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute To The Replacements Bar-None Records Released: 9.18.12 A band called Bright Little Field put out an album of Replacements covers using the ukulele as the primary instrument of conveyance, Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute To The Replacements . It's difficult to really grade something like this because, through Bright Little Field's reinterpretation of a selection of Paul Westerberg 's much-revered catalogue, what you get is only confirmation of the music's quality, the mere presence of amplification proven inadequate without good songwriting to make it worth something. An obvious conclusion considering the source material. Bright Little Field is Jonathan Bright and Tim Littlefield , hence the clever band name, and they do a respectable job with the music. "We're Comin' Out" and "I Will Dare," two of my favorite songs from Let It Be , are played with necessary gusto and ...