Magnetic Fields - Holiday

NEW VINYL LP ON MERGE 2019

180 GRAM VINYL.

Magnetic Fields' fourth release, 1994's Holiday, was the first to be sung by Stephin Merritt, original lead singer Susan Anway having moved to Arizona from the duo's Massachusetts home. It's difficult to remember after several albums how profoundly odd Merritt's voice, a deep baritone with sleepy phrasing that vacillates mostly between the poles of deadpan wryness and romantic longing, sounded on first exposure.

Tracklist

    Bbc Radiophonic Workshop
    Desert Island
    Deep Sea Diving Suit
    Strange Powers
    Torn Green Velvet Eyes
    The Flowers She Sent and the Flowers She Said She Sent
    Swinging London
    In My Secret Place
    Sad Little Moon
    The Trouble I've Been Looking For
    Sugar World
    All You Ever Do is Walk Away
    In My Car
    Take Ecstasy With Me