Stephin Merritt - Obscurities

Critically acclaimed songwriter and mastermind behind The Magnetic Fields, Stephin Merritt is set to release ‘Obscurities’ on Domino.

‘Obscurities’ is a collection of Merritt’s hard-to-find early recordings.

‘Obscurities’ features 14 tracks in all, including five previously unreleased songs, all recorded prior to The Magnetic Fields’ seminal album ‘69 Love Songs’.

Among the tracks on ‘Obscurities’ is The Song From Venus’ ‘Forever And A Day’, a solo-acoustic ukelele-based love song reminiscent of ‘69 Love Songs’ ‘The Book Of Love’.

Also included on ‘Obscurities’ is ‘The Sun And The Sea And The Sky’, a previously unreleased ‘69 Love Songs’ outtake. “This song didn’t go on ‘69 Love Songs’ because it wasn’t actually about romantic love,” Merritt points out.

The Los Angeles Times hails Merritt as “one of indie-rock’s most acclaimed figures” while Pitchfork calls him “smart, thorough, and unerringly precise.”

Tracklisting:

1. Forever And A Day (Previously Unreleased)
2. Rats In The Garbage Of The Western World (The Magnetic Fields)
3. I Don’t Believe You (The Magnetic Fields)
4. Plant White Roses (Buffalo Rome)
5. Rot In The Sun (The 6ths)
6. The Sun And The Sea And The Sky (Previously Unreleased)
7. Yet Another Girl (The 6ths)
8. Scream (Till You Make The Scene) (Previously Unreleased)
9. The Song From Venus (Previously Unreleased)
10. Beach-A-Boop-Boop (The Magnetic Fields)
11. When I’m Not Looking, You’re Not There (The Magnetic Fields)
12. Take Ecstasy With Me (The Magnetic Fields)
13. When You’re Young And In Love (Previously Unreleased)
14. You Are Not My Mother And I Want To Go Home (The Gothic Archies)

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