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| 5.0 classic | afangman92 | March 29th 15 |
5 loop songs a la "Death of Ferdinand de Saussure." If you've heard a better song concept than "Either You Don't Love Me or I Don't Love You," that just means you're wrong.
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| 4.0 excellent | AggravatedYeti | March 24th 12 |
It must have been surprising for Susan Anway to hear: "You're fired." If she ever even did, one would imagine those words would slide out the gab of Magnetic Fields' leader and new lead-vocalist Stephin Merritt in his distinct baritone. Before the Merge signing on the heels of two successful exercises in twee that were Distant Plastic Trees (1991) and The Wayward Bus (1992--both with exclusively Anway on vocal duty--this was a stepping out party of sorts for Magnetic Fields. Stripping down their sound from the dreamy mini-orchestrations of their first two records to a more punk-based form of synthesizer-pop; The House Of Tomorrow EP was titled aptly as this would shift would reflect the second incarnation of this ever evolving project. Developing the looping, rhythm based songwriting that Holiday (1993) and The Charm Of The Highway Strip (1994) would adopt so successfully. "Alien Being" and "Love Goes On To Paris In The Spring" being the high points of bouncy chamber-pop but Merritt's austere baritone is on full display along with his inherent Pop savvy that would help build so many excellent gems as he was nestled away in the Back Bay.
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| 3.0 good | Runeii | December 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | xxm | January 20th 19 |
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