Dec 13, 2011
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THE MAGNETIC FIELDS RETURN TO MERGE RECORDS FOR LOVE AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE SEA
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR BEGINS MARCH 6
The Magnetic
Fields' Love at the Bottom of the Sea will be released
via Merge Records on March
6. The band's tenth full-length album is their first release of
new material with Merge since 1999's highly acclaimed 69 Love
Songs. A North American tour that
passes through the SXSW Music
Conference in Austin, Texas will commence on release day.
After three synthesizer-free albums, Love at the Bottom of the
Sea conjures the band's 90s Merge releases such
as 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.
There will be a limited-edition eggshell-colored vinyl available
exclusively to those who pre-order the album at the Merge Records
store. The first 100 people who order the album from Merge will
receive a free signed poster and a Magnetic Fields button, as
well.
