There's always been a Rosetta Stone quality to the pop song cover. Hearing a group's version of an established tune can reveal things about each via comparison, like setting a decoder ring to the proper coordinates between two acts. When I heard that Field Music were applying their prim British Invasion melodies and jazz-derived rhythms to a set of interpretations, I dialed in my hopes to the usual suspects: the Kinks, Sparks, something from , perhaps, maybe an early Talking Heads cut, a take on Kraftwerk's "The Model", or XTC's "Making Plans for Nigel". I didn't imagine Syd Barrett's "Terrapin" or Leonard Cohen's covered-to-death "Suzanne", nor the Ringo-sung cut "Don't Pass Me By". Expectations successfully subverted, the compilation, which pulls together these and five other covers, manages to be more than worthwhile, while teaching two important lessons about the group's approach. Musically and curatorially, the duo are undeniable music pragmatists with an impossibly dry sense of humor.