MAGNETIC FIELDS LOVE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA OUT MARCH 6
The Magnetic Fields will be releasing a new album,
Love at the Bottom of the Sea, on March 6, 2012, on
Merge Records in North America, and
Domino Records overseas. The band's tenth full-length album is their first release of new material with Merge since 1999's highly acclaimed
69 Love Songs. The band will celebrate their new album with tours through North America and Europe. Please visit the
calendar for full ticket purchasing information.
After putting out their "synth-free trilogy," The Magnetic Fields are returning to their signature mix of synth and acoustic sounds. Merritt notes about the new album that "instead of using a synthesizer as a melodic instrument, much of the time I used it as a compositional destructive mechanism, something eating away at the apparent order of my perfectionist arrangements. I was very happy to be using synthesizers in ways that I had not done before. Most of the synthesizers on the record didn't exist when we were last using synthesizers."
The songs - none over three minutes long - were recorded with Merritt's usual cast of collaborators: Claudia Gonson, Sam Davol, John Woo, Shirley Simms, Johny Blood and Daniel Handler.
There will be a limited-edition eggshell-colored vinyl available exclusively to those who
pre-order the album at the
Merge Records Store. The first 100 people who order the album from Merge will receive a free signed poster and a Magnetic Fields button.
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