Add Date- Jan 26
Artist: The Magnetic Fields
Album: Realism
Label: Nonesuch
Genre: Typical MF weirdness
The new Magnetic Fields album was.....a dud. This sounds like acoustic children’s tunes sung by a doll and a guy with a creepy deep voice. No joke. Each song sounds artificial and stiff instead of the acoustic warmth it seems like they were aiming for. It’s too cutesy, too folky, too twee. Leader Stephen Merritt is a good songwriter- listen to their 1999 album 69 Love Songs if you don’t believe me- but here any wit is hidden beneath the fake saccharine sound. If you were already a Magnetic Fields fan then you’ll find this enjoyable but it didn’t convert me.
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