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Stephin Merritt releases albums under the band names the Magnetic
Fields, the 6ths, the Gothic Archies, and Future Bible Heroes.
With his band The Magnetic Fields, Merritt has written, produced
and recorded nine albums to date. The Magnetic Fields' 1999
album, 69 Love Songs, was a 3-disc masterwork which garnered
Merritt widespread acclaim, including "best of" year-end lists in
Spin, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post and most other major
national publications.
In 2002, Merritt signed to Nonesuch Records. He and the Magnetic Fields performed as part of Lincoln Center's 'American Songwriters' series and at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's 'Next Wave of Song'. Merritt has composed original music and lyrics for three music theater pieces directed by Chen Shi-Zheng, and in 2008, Merritt mounted an Off Broadway stage musical of Neil Gaiman's "Merritt" composed the score for the academy award nominated film "Pieces of April" (dir. Peter Hedges) and for the independent film "Eban and Charley", and released soundtrack albums for each. His song "The Book of Love," was performed by Peter Gabriel and appears in the film "Shall We Dance." He has composed incidental music for the HarperCollins' audio books of A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket and for Neil Gaiman's Coraline, and subsequently released an album Songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events. This year, the Magnetic Fields are also touring to support their new album, Realism, on Nonesuch records. Additional information on Merritt and his work can be found at www.houseoftomorrow.com.
