Distortion

• Artist : Magnetic Fields
• Binding : Audio CD
• EAN : 0075597996548
• Is Adult Product? : No
• Label : Nonesuch
• Languages : Original Language: English
• Manufacturer : Nonesuch
• MPN : 075597996548
• Number Of Discs : 1
• Package Dimensions : 0.47 inches (Height) x 5.67 inches (Length) x 0.22 pounds (Weight) x 4.96 inches (Width)
• Package Quantity : 1
• Part Number : 075597996548
• Product Group : Music
• Publisher : Nonesuch
• Release Date : 2008-01-14
• Running Time : 38
• SKU : 1123618
• Studio : Nonesuch
• UPC : 075597996548

One of pop’s most skilful musical conceptualists, Stephin Merritt’s new album Distortion has been hailed as an attempt to build an album in the mould of The Jesus and Mary Chain’s feedback-strewn debut Psychocandy--although naturally, there’s also another reason: Merritt is a sufferer from "hyperacusis", a sensitive hearing condition, and these sweet-sung songs of love, alcohol, and heartache are designed to give you a glimpse into his experience of sound. If the thought of songs played through a curtain of shrill distortion is an upsetting proposition, fear not–-you’ll return with eardrums intact. Rather, the high-end is just an eccentric sort of frame for some of Magnetic Fields’ more approachable, arch, and all-round loveable songs. "California Girls", sung by collaborator Shirley Simms is shimmering West Coat pop spiked with strychnine ("See them on the big bright screen/Tanned, blonde and seventeen ... I hate Californian girls"). "Too Drunk to Dream" is a sashaying ‘60s pastiche that finds Merritt extolling the virtues of a life spent "shitfaced", while "The Nun’s Litany" sees Simms playing a woman of the cloth that dreams of shedding her habit: "I want to be a topless waitress/I want my mum to shed one tear". --Louis Pattison

- Amazon.co.uk Review

Tracks:

• Disc 1

  • 1: Three-Way
  • 2: California Girls
  • 3: Old Fools
  • 4: Xavier Says
  • 5: Mr. Mistletoe
  • 6: Please Stop Dancing
  • 7: "Drive on, Driver"
  • 8: Too Drunk to Dream
  • 9: Till the Bitter End
  • 10: I'll Dream Alone
  • 11: The Nun's Litany
  • 12: Zombie Boy
  • 13: Courtesans

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