The Magnetic Fields

The Magnetic Fields (named after the André Breton/Philippe Soupault novel Les Champs Magnétiques) are an American band founded and led by Stephin Merritt. Merritt is the group's primary songwriter, producer, and vocalist, as well as frequent multi-instrumentalist. Merritt's lyrics are often about love and feature atypical or neutral gender roles, and are by turns ironic, tongue-in-cheek, bitter, and humorous. The band released their debut single "100,000 Fireflies" in 1991. The single was typical of the band's earlier career, characterized by synthesized instrumentation by Merritt, with lead vocals provided by Susan Anway (and then by Stephin Merritt himself, from the House of Tomorrow EP onwards). A more traditional band later materialized; it is now composed of Merritt, Claudia Gonson, Sam Davol, and John Woo, with occasional guest vocals by Shirley Simms. The band's best-known work is the 1999 three-volume concept album 69 Love Songs. It was followed in the succeeding years by a "no-synth" trilogy: i (2004), Distortion (2008), and Realism (2010). The band's latest album, Quickies, was released on May 29, 2020.

Quickies - 2020-05-15T00:00:00.000000Z

50 Song Memoir - 2017-03-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Love at the Bottom of the Sea - 2012-03-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Realism (Standard) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Distortion - 2008-01-11T00:00:00.000000Z

i - 2004-05-03T00:00:00.000000Z

69 Love Songs - 1999-09-14T00:00:00.000000Z

The House of Tomorrow - 1999-01-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Holiday - 1999-01-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Get Lost - 1995-09-19T00:00:00.000000Z

The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees (Remastered) - 1995-01-23T00:00:00.000000Z

The Charm of the Highway Strip - 1994-04-18T00:00:00.000000Z

The House of Tomorrow (Remastered) - 1992-06-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Andrew in Drag / When Next I Fall In Love - 2012-01-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Please Stop Dancing - EP - 2008-06-13T00:00:00.000000Z

I Thought You Were My Boyfriend - 2004-06-29T00:00:00.000000Z

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