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The Magnetic Fields is a band led by New York City singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt. Albums released by Merritt under the name "Magnetic Fields" usually consist of synth-pop music in a 1980s style underlying clever lyrics, often about love, that are by turns ironic, bitter, and humorous. While ''The Wayward Bus (album)|The Wayward Bus'' and ''Distant Plastic Trees'' (now available together as a compilation) are sung by Susan Anway, later albums were principally sung by Merritt himself (though Shirly Simms handles about half of the vocal duties on ''Distortion (album)|Distortion.'')
The band began as Merritt's studio project, with him playing all instruments. With the help of friend Claudia Gonson, who had played in Merritt's band The Zinnias during high school, a live band was assembled in Boston, Massachusetts|Boston, where Merritt and Gonson lived, to play Merritt's compositions. The band's first live performance was at T.T. the Bear's Place in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1991 where they played to a sparse audience that was expecting to see Galaxie 500 spin-off Magnetophone.
One of the group's most significant albums to date is its 1999 triple album ''69 Love Songs''. It showcased M... read all
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