One Man Heartbreak
* The 6ths: San Diego Zoo (6.0 mb) | Falling Out Of Love (With You) (5.5 mb) | Movies In My Head (7.0 mb) | When I’m Out Of Town (4.5 mb)
From Wasps’ Nests : London Records : 422-828 592-2
I’m going to go out on a limb and label Mr. Stephen Merritt a songwriting genius. He already established himself as a tour de force with his Magnetic Fields (look here) project and this one, The 6ths just merely confirm that fact. Wasps’ Nests, based around the idea of guest singers The 6ths is Stephen Merritt as synth-pop music maker and lyricist with a who’s who of the indie world contributing vocals. It’s a cool concept that plays out fantastically.
So, we’ve got Barbara Manning of San Francisco Seals singing San Diego Zoo, Dean Wareham of Galaxie 500 and Luna fame singing Falling Out Of Love (With You), Georgia Hubley of Yo La Tengo singing Movies In My Head and Chris Knox of The Tall Dwarfs singing When I’m Out Of Town.
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Jay Niemann said,
July 23, 2007 @ 11:46 pm
The key to this record, their second one, [Hyacynths and Thistles] and even the bands name- (according to Stephen Merritt) is that they are really hard to say if you have a lisp.