Absolutely Heartbreaking
* The Magnetic Fields: I Don’t Really Love You Anymore (4 mb) | I Looked All Over Town (3.5 mb) | It’s Only Time (6.5 mb)
From i : Nonesuch Records : 79683-2
As a one man Brill Building, Stephen Merritt (the main man behind The Magnetic Fields) has been, for the past 14 years, churning out genius pop song after genius pop song. Over the years, he’s built an amazing body of work that spans over 15 albums. 69 Love Songs, his last album for Merge Records, was a tour de force of songwriting. An incredible exploration of love in all its forms, it was all the more amazing due to the fact that he recorded and played almost everything by himself.
Normally his albums are synth-pop based, but for this one, he enlisted the help of his touring band. And the results sound fantastic. He’s managed to achieve an incredibly warm sound and that, along with a more stripped down feel, have combined to produce some very intimate songs.
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Head on over to Honey, Where You Been So Long? for an incredible look at the many faces of Stagolee (look here and here). It’s an incredible series of posts and if you hurry on over, you can still get most of the songs.
But don’t despair all you late comers, the dude is going to have a permanent place for the whole series. So keep a watch on his page for more news.
I sure hope all of you are following the Kiddie Records series. There’s really only two words for what those folks are doing: Absolutely amazing!
kmurf said,
March 22, 2005 @ 11:48 am
kiddie records is amazing, yes, but not as amazing/consistently listen-able as the of mirror eye. thanks for your knowledge and music. truly amazing. one of the few sites to get the superfluous.com seal of approval.
http://www.superfluous.com/ (select “about” for the linkage)…
Fil said,
March 22, 2005 @ 4:51 pm
Me Likeeee mucho! I’ll have to pick up their CD. Awesome site!
cb said,
March 24, 2005 @ 8:52 pm
Hey all.
Thanks so much for the kind words. This site is something really enjoy doing and is probably something that I’d do even if on one was checking in. But it’s really nice to know that people are enjoying the songs
kmurf - I’ve actually checked out your site a little, and it’s pretty damn cool. Some of those photos are pretty amazing. Keep up the good work!
Fil - been checking out your site, too. glad that the gardening is giving you so much satisfaction. Can’t wait to taste some of those veggies…
-cb