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Laughing Chimes – Behind Your Blue Fields

Please note this is a pre-order item due for release22nd May 2026

Tracklist:

Town Racecars
Baby

Your Blue Fields
Pageants

in Stereo
‘s 3 Until It’s 4
Voice Sounds So Strange
of Birds
an Electric Taxi Cab
I Could Land Your Heart
Your Blue Fields (4-track Demo)
Your Blue Fields (8-track Demo)
Go Car Watching (8-track Demo)
Never Finished the Thought (4-track)

Following up their well-received 2025 album “Whispers In The Speech Machine”, The Laughing Chimes’ new collection “Behind Your Blue Fields” spotlights a fascinating transitional period for the band during the creation of “Whispers…”, as they expanded their pastoral, paisley jangle into darker, post-punk tinged leader Evan Seurkamp explains: “Many of the songs on this compilation (“King of Birds”, “Zephyr”, “It’s 3 Until It’s 4”, and “Behind Your Blue Fields” to name a few) were written in mind for a Laughing Chimes record but were shelved after embracing the decision to “go goth” on our second album. In the summer of 2022, we were dubbing this sunnier version of our sophomore record Behind Your Blue Fields. … Even though these demos/songs got the boot, it’s great to share them with you now as a glimpse into a “what could have been” second album that never fully came to fruition.”The 13 demos (and some nifty hidden bonus tracks) here present a fascinating alternate direction for the group and a distinctly different vision for their second album, and as such are a most welcome addition to the Laughing Chimes DetailsArtist: LAUGHING CHIMESTitle: Behind Your Blue FieldsCatalogue Number: CSSLR302Barcode: 749846030245Label: SLUMBERLAND RECORDSTracklistingA1. Small Town RacecarsA2. Trapeze BabyA3. PharmaciesA4. Behind Your Blue FieldsA5. Newshound PageantsA6. SeasonsA7. ZephyrA8. Lunchbox In StereoA9. It’s 3 Until It’s 4B1. Your Voice Sounds So StrangeB2. King Of BirdsB3. On An Electric Taxi CabB4. If I Could Land Your HeartB5. Behind Your Blue Fields [4-Track Demo]B6. Behind Your Blue Fields [8-Track Demo]B7. Cats Go Car Watching [8-Track Demo]B8. He Never Finished The Thought [4-Track]