The Magnetic Fields’ latest single “Andrew In Drag” has been praised as a return to the form of the vintage Magnetic Fields through it’s more acoustic, synth-heavy arrangements (but don’t worry, too much. Stephin’s still doing the oddball stuff!). And now that track — which co...

A little while ago, Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields announced that they’d put out their tenth LP, Love At The Bottom Of The Sea. Merritt also promised a return to the more acoustic, synth-heavy arrangements of yore, which he backs up on the record’s first single “Andrew In Drag.” Listen below. Love...

'Love At The Bottom Of The Sea' is out on March 5, 2012

'Obscurities' is for an October release

The chamber folk of the Magnetic Fields latest, Realism, was the center point for a two-hour seated affair at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Saturday night. It was the night before Valentine's Day, but of course that was a mostly meaningless designation to sardonic Stephin. "It'll be Valentine's Day soon," Claudia Gonson offered at one point. "It...