Throughout Distortion, the squelching, tight-focus rhythmic interplay of Merritt's music is blown out into loud, distorted drum beats and smeared guitars, introducing a new level of messy, energizing depth to Merritt's characteristically stately and considered songwriting. Or, at least, in theory. Please download one of our supported browsers. Jump to. Is this a return to form, or could it even be the beginning of a whole new direction? CN Entertainment. The record that marks the end of Magnetic Fields' self-imposed "no synth trilogy" is also the first Magnetic Fields album in a more than a decade that isn't organized around a formal limitation. The album also features Chris Ewen, Daniel Handler, and Pinky Weitzman. In this interview, Pitchfork's Marc Hogan sits down with singer-song writer and multi-instrumentalist Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields to discuss his career, his latest album, and more. They have also announced some residencies in various cities. With a frontman iconically haughty enough to be a feasible answer to a New York Times crossword puzzle clue (L.A.-by-way-of-East Village curmudgeon; 14 letters)-- it has been especially easy during this run of albums to dismiss the Magnetic Fields as Ivory Tower pop, wrapped up in the cleverness of their own ideas and out of touch with the world below. Jimmy Tamborello spoke to us about his current projects, preforming at the USPS, and the chimpanzees working on the cover art for the new Dntel album. Create New Account. From the start, Love at the Bottom of the Sea seems to be a more welcoming listen than Realism. Marking the return to longtime home Merge Records and their long-shunned electronic sound, Love has the feel of a band getting resettled and plotting its next move, but it ultimately amounts to something less than the sum of its parts: It has the feel of a collection of B-sides rather than a proper statement. Mit ihrer 2004 erschienenen Platte "I" zeigt Stephen Merritt erneut seine Vorliebe für Konzeptalben: Alle der vierzehn Lieder beginnen mit dem englischen Pronomen "I". As such, Distortion isn't a return to form so much as a return to content. Users who like Stephin Merritt | In Sight Out, Users who reposted Stephin Merritt | In Sight Out, Playlists containing Stephin Merritt | In Sight Out, More tracks like Stephin Merritt | In Sight Out. The album was one of the first records to use sampling as a musical element and represents a departure from the sound of Jarre's previous efforts.. At the endless, stuffy cocktail party where everyone's going on about authenticity in music, Merritt's formalist convictions feel, at best, like a refreshingly icy gust of wind coming in through an open door. Check out "The Day the Politicians Died" video below, followed by the album's tracklist, as well as the tour dates. For the first time since Get Lost, the conceptual conceit of Merritt's work sounds like a well-considered and-- dare I say-- fun, jumping off point for a thoroughly solid album. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with prior written permission of Condé Nast. We select the 20 worst album covers of the year-- a large amount of which came courtesy of some of our favorite musical artists. While the overdone thematic focus of i generally seemed flat and frustrating, Distortion's aesthetic conceit-- conveyed by its title-- is worn well, and its blown-out sound breathes life into a collection of songs that brings together many of the best ideas from Merritt's back catalog. I miss the days when Stephin would have brutally eviscerated an unprepared interviewer like this guy. This is all via Pitchfork, who reported the news. "), but it's a new kind of disappointment from a Magnetic Fields record: It doesn't even give you much to talk about. Während die ersten beiden Alben von 1991 und 1992, "The Wayward Bus" und "Distant Plastic Trees" (seit 1995 auf einer Kompilation zusammengefügt), von Susan Anway gesungen werden, singt bei allen weiteren Aufnahmen Stephin Merritt selbst. I miss the days when Stephin would have brutally eviscerated an unprepared interviewer like this guy. In this interview, Pitchfork's Marc Hogan sits down with singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields to discuss his career, his latest album, and more.

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