{"product_id":"the-next-from-field-commander-vinyl-lp","title":"The Next From Field Commander: Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLabel: World of Echo\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelease Date: 6th March\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTenderly intimate like Field Commando Ali is playing just for you, her fingers just brushing, floating over the strings and giving them a slight and resonating pick with her vocal like it's sitting gently and comfortably upon your shoulder. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor those who dig: Jessica Pratt, Judee Sill, Anne Briggs...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe height=\"150\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; background: transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/gb\/album\/she-was-picking-flowers\/1860248295?i=1860248300\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eField Commander Ali is the solo project of Ali Mollica, a folk song person living on the South Coast of NSW, Australia . The Next From Field Commander, her\u003cbr\u003enew record and second under that taken name, was recorded in her bedroom in Stanwell Park, a beachside town surrounded by bushland. Here, where the\u003cbr\u003eGreat Dividing Range meets the Tasman Sea, Mollica worked quickly in the early part of 2025, utilising little more than a classical guitar and a 4-track tape\u003cbr\u003erecorder to execute her vision. The result is a truly beguiling Australian folk record.\u003cbr\u003eWith a voice that balances understated vulnerability with determined stoicism, Mollica describes everyday scenes, passing interactions and the moments\u003cbr\u003ethat follow moments between people, all with an astonishing clarity of expression. Full moons are felt but remain unwitnessed, great loves lean into praxis or\u003cbr\u003estrain against it, and time is a character that watches quietly on all the while.\u003cbr\u003eDespite its modest conception, both the songs and recordings are possessed by a unique density. Layered vocals are used undramatically but effectively.\u003cbr\u003eConversational asides seem to open outwards like leaves, and offhand remarks reveal themselves to be quiet realisations through subtle repetition. There is\u003cbr\u003ean intimate spaciousness within these songs too, with shuffling pages, creaking chairs, and distant whistling all entering the sonic sphere.\u003cbr\u003eThe spirit of folk song clairvoyants like Bridget St John, Anne Briggs and Maxine Funke may be sensed throughout, while Michael Hurley’s ‘Wildegeeses’ is given\u003cbr\u003ea faithful, though suitably idiosyncratic, re-reading. A tradition is being channeled here, though ultimately what you are hearing is the emergence of a distinct\u003cbr\u003enew voice.\u003cbr\u003eAs such, The Next From Field Commander moves with a meandering yet captivating immediacy, clear and self-assured, while remaining deeply receptive to\u003cbr\u003ethe world and all the things in it -‘still reaching out, still finding out’. As Mollica notes herself:\u003cbr\u003e\"My songs often express the literal goings on in my life – the lyrics are raw and unbridled (and maybe a bit unhinged, too); but underneath this immediacy is a\u003cbr\u003eheavy hum that I think sounds like not knowing. How I wish to know!\"\u003cbr\u003eIf knowing remains beyond us, the process of trying to work it out is as compelling as ever.\u003cbr\u003eTRACKLISTING\u003cbr\u003e1. She Was Picking Flowers (05:48)\u003cbr\u003e2. Wildegeeses (03:13)\u003cbr\u003e3. One Kind of Forever (02:58)\u003cbr\u003e4. Time (04:51)\u003cbr\u003e5. Prefab Moon (06:46)\u003cbr\u003e6. Lonesome Saturday Bed (03:56)\u003cbr\u003e7. Dark Cloud (06:02)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Field Commando Ali","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52516089266470,"sku":"WOE028LP","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0505\/7734\/2621\/files\/IMG_0999.jpg?v=1772721591","url":"https:\/\/www.limitedadditionrecords.com\/en-us\/products\/the-next-from-field-commander-vinyl-lp","provider":"Limited Addition Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}