Field Guides began in 2012 as the solo recording project of Brooklyn singer/songwriter Benedict Kupstas. Thoughtful and eccentric, his music has an experimental nature, blending warm, jangling indie pop with a pastiche of field recordings from his various travels. The project began to grow into a band as Kupstas recruited various musicians from the local Brooklyn scene to join him. The rotating lineup includes current and former members of acts like Helado Negro, Cloud Becomes Your Hand, Landlady, and Future Wife, among others. Their debut record, Boo, Forever, named after a Richard Brautigan poem, was released in November 2014. ~ Timothy Monger