The Magnetic Fields will release Love at the Bottom of the Sea, their tenth full-length album and first release of new material with Merge since 1999?s
highly acclaimed
69 Love Songs,
on March 6. The band will celebrate their new album with a North American tour that passes through the SXSW Music Showcase in Austin, Texas.
After putting out three synthesizer-free albums, The Magnetic Fields are returning to the signature mix of synth and acoustic sounds they established in
the 90s with Merge releases such as
The Charm of the Highway Strip
and
Get Lost.
Stephin Merritt has come back to synths with a fresh approach: ?Most of the synthesizers on the record didn?t exist when we were last using synthesizers,?
he notes. The songs ? none over three minutes long ? were recorded in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York with Merritt?s usual cast of collaborators:
Claudia Gonson, Sam Davol, John Woo, Shirley Simms, Johny Blood and Daniel Handler.
Pre-order the Magnetic Fields?
Love at the Bottom of the Sea
in the Merge store for exclusive limited-edition eggshell-colored vinyl. Also, the first 100 people who order the album from Merge on CD or LP will receive
a free signed poster and a Magnetic Fields button, as well. Don?t forget . . . the
Merge Holiday Code
works on pre-orders, too! Follow The Magnetic Fields at
@TheMagFields
and check
The House of Tomorrow
for all ticketing information.
Track Listing:
1. God Wants Us to Wait
2. Andrew in Drag
3. Your Girlfriend?s Face
4. Born For Love
5. I?d Go Anywhere with Hugh
6. Infatuation (With Your Gyration)
7. The Only Boy in Town
8. The Machine in Your Hand
9. Goin? Back to the Country
10. I?ve Run Away to Join the Fairies
11. The Horrible Party
12. My Husband?s Pied-a-Terre
13. I Don?t Like Your Tone
14. Quick!
15. All She Cares About Is Mariachi
