View basket “Modern Myths” has been added to your basket. Quickies Magnetic Fields, The SKU: 0075597922080 Barcode: 0075597922080 46.00 £46.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Nonesuch Released Date: 29th May 2020 Buying Format: 7" Box Set Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info ‘An incomparable lyricist capable of balancing arch wit with painfully acute observation.’ – Guardian Nonesuch Records releases the Magnetic Fields’ Quickies, a set of five vinyl EPs that features twenty-eight new short songs by Stephin Merritt, ranging in length from thirteen seconds to two minutes and thirty-five seconds. Quickies also will be available on CD and digitally. Merritt explains his thinking behind the Quickies concept: “I’ve been reading a lot of very short fiction, and I enjoyed writing 101 Two-Letter Words, the poetry book about the shortest words you can use in Scrabble. And I’ve been listening to a lot of French baroque harpsichord music. Harpsichord doesn’t lend itself to languor. So I’ve been thinking about one instrument at a time, playing for about a minute or so and then stopping, and I’ve been thinking of narratives that are only a few lines long. Also, I had been using a lot of small notebooks, so when I reach the bottom of the page, I’ve only gone a short way. Now that I’m working on a different album, I’m enforcing a large notebook rule so that I don’t do Quickies twice in a row.” Quickies features Merritt and other Magnetic Fields band members Sam Davol, Claudia Gonson, Shirley Simms, and John Woo. They are joined by longtime friends and collaborators Chris Ewen, Daniel Handler, and Pinky Weitzman. To date, Stephin Merritt has written and recorded twelve Magnetic Fields albums, including the beloved 69 Love Songs and the 2017 critically acclaimed Nonesuch box set, 50 Song Memoir, which chronicled the first fifty years of the songwriter’s life with one song per year. New York magazine called the box set ‘a celebration of Merritt’s sky-high range as a writer and a player, through the exploration of the circumstances that helped cultivate it … a delightful flip through the untold back pages of one of rock’s most singular voices, and, all in all, the best damned Magnetic Fields album in the last ten years.’ Merritt has also composed original music and lyrics for several music theatre pieces, including an off-Broadway stage musical of Neil Gaiman’s novel Coraline, for which he received an Obie Award. In 2014, Merritt composed songs and background music for the first musical episode of public radio’s This American Life. Stephin Merritt also releases albums under the band names the 6ths, the Gothic Archies, and Future Bible Heroes. Artist Magnetic Fields, The Genre Rock And Pop Label Nonesuch Buying Options 7" Box Set Format 7" , Box Set Condition New Country UK Track Listings Side A 1. Castles of America 2. The Biggest Tits in History 3. The Day the Politicians Died Side B 1. Castle Down a Dirt Road 2. Bathroom Quickie 3. My Stupid Boyfriend Side C 1. Love Gone Wrong 2. Favorite Bar 3. Kill a Man a Week Side D 1. Kraftwerk in a Blackout 2. When She Plays the Toy Piano 3. Death Pact (Let's Make A) Side E 1. I’ve Got a Date With Jesus 2. Come, Life, Shaker Life! Side F 1. (I Want to Join A) Biker Gang 2. Rock 'n' Roll Guy Side G 1. You've Got a Friend in Beelzebub 2. Let's Get Drunk Again (And Get Divorced) 3. The Best Cup of Coffee in Tennessee Side H 1. When the Brat Upstairs Got a Drum Kit 2. The Price You Pay 3. The Boy in the Corner Side I 1. Song of the Ant 2. I Wish I Had Fangs and a Tail 3. Evil Rhythm Side J 1. She Says Hello 2. The Little Robot Girl 3. 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