ABOUT THIS ITEM

The band’s tenth full length album is their first release of new material for Domino, who have previously reissued some of the band’s classic period albums and Stephin Merritt’s recent ‘Obscurities’ collection.

After putting out three synthesizer-free albums, The Magnetic Fields are returning to their signature mix of synth and acoustic sounds they established in the 90s with releases such as ‘The Charm Of The Highway Strip’ and ‘Get Lost’. Stephin Merritt has come back to synths with a fresh approach: “Most of the synthesizers on the record didn’t exist when we were last using synthesizers,” he notes.

The songs - none over three minutes long - were recorded in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York with Merritt’s usual cast of collaborators: Claudia Gonson, Sam Davol, John Woo, Shirley Simms, Johny Blood and Daniel Handler.

1. Your Girlfriend's Face
2. Andrew In Drag
3. God Wants Us To Wait
4. Born For Love
5. I'd Go Anywhere With Hugh
6. Infatuation (With Your Gyration)
7. The Only Boy In Town
8. The Machine In Your Hand
9. Goin' Back To The Country
10. I've Run Away To Join The Fairies
11. The Horrible Party
12. My Husband's Pied-A-Terre
13. I Don't Like Your Tone
14. Quick!
15. All She Cares About Is Mariachi