The creative force behind The Magnetic Fields is singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Stephin Merritt — often called one of the best songwriters now working.
In the past, The Magnetic Fields has been described as an indie rock band. Its last album, Distortion, was a tribute to the post-punk British group The Jesus and Mary Chain. But Merritt describes his new album Realism as "orch-folk," as in orchestral folk a la mid-'60s Judy Collins.
"I tried to make a variety show within the big tent of folk — whatever folk is," he says. READ MORE HERE
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