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Quickies is the twelfth studio album by The Magnetic Fields. The album consists of 28 songs, each of which is between 0:17 and 2:35 in length. For the album's conceit, Magnetic Fields singer and songwriter Stephin Merritt was influenced by the short fiction of Lydia Davis and the writing of his own book of Scrabble poetry.
15 de may. de 2020 · The Magnetic Fields’ Quickies vinyl box set is five 7” EPs comprising twenty-eight new short songs by Stephin Merritt, ranging in length from thirteen seconds to two minutes and thirty-five seconds, performed by Merritt and band members Sam Davol, Claudia Gonson, Shirley Simms, and John Woo, along with longtime friends and ...
19 de may. de 2020 · Quickies. The Magnetic Fields. 2020. 7.3. By Marc Hogan. Genre: Rock. Label: Nonesuch. Reviewed: May 19, 2020. The sharp wit of veteran songwriter Stephin Merritt thrives in brevity across...
18 de may. de 2020 · Su nuevo disco ratifica a Magnetic Fields como miembros destacados del club de más atildados miniaturistas pop de las últimas décadas. Sorprende que Stephin Merritt, de tan exhausta como podría tener la chistera, aún se guarde trucos efectivos e incluso alguna...
15 de may. de 2020 · Whimsical, heartfelt and memorable songwriting packaged in an ultra-specific, hyperliteral concept album. 69 Love Songs, their unassailable classic from 1999, was exactly as the title suggested. The Magnetic Fields ’ previous release, 50 Song Memoir (2017), designated one song for the first 50 years of Merritt’s life.
Listen to Quickies by The Magnetic Fields on Apple Music. 2020. 28 Songs. Duration: 46 minutes.
21 de may. de 2020 · Quickies is an album that revels in double entendre and wordy subversion, and Merritt luxuriates in each fleeting syllable and rhyme. Especially memorable are “When She Plays the Toy Piano” and “I’ve Got a Date with Jesus”, with their intricate pop blisses and skeletal frames.
