Mice Pins and Buttons
Description: "Sensitive" is the second single by The Field Mice. It was released as a 7" vinyl record on Sarah Records in February 1989, and included a fold-out poster depicting a leaf. Sensitive, on which the band's sound verged on shoegazing, has been described as "an anthemic statement of purpose...a defence of feeling...and a comment on the way sensitivity is criticized, or punished even". The single reached number 12 in the UK Independent Chart in March that year. "Sensitive" was also voted at number 26 in the 1989 Festive 50. Both tracks from the single were later included on the CD reissue of the band's debut mini-album Snowball.
Description: Title: Don't Mice With Me Story: He was just a hungry mouse living inside a hardware store. Every night, he quietly sneaked into the warehouse and chewed open bags of Pedigree dog food to feed himself and his family. When the salesmen discovered the missing dog food, they became furious. Instead of simply catching him, they decided to make him suffer. They forced a metal coupling onto his body, stapled him, tied heavy nuts to him, and even tried to drown him. They laughed, believing he would never survive. But they were wrong. Bruised, wounded, and barely alive, he crawled back to his family. Day by day, he recovered. The pain made him stronger, and the fear he once carried disappeared. Weeks later, he returned to the hardware store. Not fo
