Magnetic Fields - The Charm Of The Highway Strip

NEW VINYL LP ON MERGE 2019

180 GRAM VINYL.

Stephin Merritt took more of a narrative approach than usual on The Charm of the Highway Strip, which was in part inspired (as the title indicates) by on-the-road experiences and exhibited a (very slight) country influence. Not as good as Holiday, although it has characteristically agile songwriting and production.

Tracklist

Lonely Highway     3:05
Long Vermont Roads     3:26
Born On A Train     3:45
I Have The Moon     2:36
Two Characters In Search Of A Country Song     3:32
Crowd Of Drifters     3:35
Fear Of Trains     3:14
When The Open Road Is Closing In     3:38
Sunset City     4:05
Dust Bowl     2:19