May 24, 2011
SHARE THISCritically acclaimed songwriter and mastermind behind The Magnetic Fields, Stephin Merritt is set to release Obscurities on Merge Records August 23. Obscurities is a collection of Merritt's hard-to-find recordings dating back to his time on Merge Records (1994-99) and prior.
Download "Forever and a Day" from Obscurities now -- Stephin Merritt - "Forever and a Day"
Obscurities features 14 tracks in all, including five previously unreleased songs, all recorded prior to The Magnetic Fields' seminal album 69 Love Songs. Three of the unreleased tracks hail from The Song From Venus, the unfinished science fiction musical written by Merritt and Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket. Also included on the record are five songs culled from various Merge-era 7” vinyl singles by The Magnetic Fields, along with two from Merritt's guest vocalist-laden side project the 6ths, one from an audio book, one from the Oh, Merge compilation CD, and a track from a rare K Records cassette-only release.
Track Listing:
1.
Forever and a Day (previously unreleased)
2. Rats in the
Garbage of the Western World (The Magnetic
Fields)
3. I Don't
Believe You (The Magnetic Fields)
4. Plant White
Roses (Buffalo Rome)
5. Rot in the Sun
(the 6ths)
6. The Sun and
the Sea and the Sky (previously unreleased)
7. Yet Another
Girl (the 6ths)
8. Scream (Till
you Make the Scene) (previously unreleased)
9. The Song from
Venus (previously unreleased)
10.
Beach-A-Boop-Boop (The Magnetic Fields)
11. When I'm Not
Looking, You're Not There (The Magnetic
Fields)
12. Take Ecstasy
with Me (The Magnetic Fields)
13. When You're
Young and In Love (previously unreleased)
14. You Are Not
My Mother and I Want to Go Home (The Gothic Archies)
