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The sophomore album from taut Sunderland trio Field Music doesn't drop until February 20 in the U.S. and January 22 in the UK, as previously reported, but thanks to the magic of interweb, you can already hear 60% of it from the comfort of your own tiny apartment!

That's right, six of Tones of Town's ten tracks have gone web-ways-- and quite legally, I might add-- in various forms at various cyber-locales. It's like a treasure hunt! For people who hate sunlight! Can you find them all? Here, let us help you cheat:

1. To start, click below for mp3 downloads of Tones' first two tracks, courtesy of the fabulous label delivering the affair, Memphis Industries. You get opener "Give It Lose It Take It" and follow-up "Sit Tight", and like their titles, these jams are sonically quick, clipped, and sharp. Unlike the titles, they're harmonious, and we even get a little strings action. Nicely done.

2. Next, bound on over to MySpace to stream three-- yes, three-- additional Tones tunes: "A House Is Not a Home", "Working to Work", and "Place Yourself". Treat your ears to more string action, some delightful vocal harmonies and interplay, and touches of psychedelia. Now we're cooking.

3. Finally, it wouldn't be a journey down the information superhighway in 2006 without a pit stop at YouTube. Fuel up with a viewing of the video for the sixth Tones offering, single "In Context". The clip's been around for a while, but it's still ace.

4. Bonus! Totally O.D. on Field Music by revisiting non-album favorites "You're Not Supposed To" and "Off and On", in video and mp3 formats, respectively.

5. Get the hell away from the computer and see the band live, for crissakes:

12-20 Newcastle, England - Academy *
01-26 London, England - Tapestry Club at St. Aloysius Church

* with the Futureheads