Quickies - The Magnetic Fields: Review
The Magnetic Fields is the long running indie music project of Stephin Merritt that has released a number of heavily themed album in their nearly 30 year existence. Quickies follows Merritt's 50 Song Memoir which contained a song for every year of his life, and this new album is centered around shorter songs with it's 28 tracks totaling just 46 minutes. Review By Lavender: I have been a pretty casual fan of The Magnetic Fields for a long time now. I have just as much admiration for their 1999 classic 69 Love Songs as most people do and when they show up to drop a unique conceptual record every few years I always tune in and they usually provide a few pretty great moments. Quickies is no different and while I won't drive myself crazy breaking down every single one of the records often brief 28 tracks I will just say that as a blanket statement I like more of these songs than I don't and I'm happy to pick out a few highlights. The Day The Politicia...