Magnetic Fields Announce '50 Song Memoir' Album And Accompanying Live Performances
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Written by Huw Baines
Photo: Catalina Kulczar
The Magnetic Fields have announced a new long-form album and details of its live show.
The band are currently putting together ‘50 Song Memoir’, which is expected early next year through Nonesuch. The record comprises one song for each year of Stephin Merritt’s life, with recording having begun on his 50th birthday last February. The lyrical content has been described as a mix of autobiographical and documentary writing. In a press release, Merritt said:
"The first song, Wonder Where I'm From, explains that I was conceived by barefoot beatniks on a houseboat in St Thomas, Virgin Islands; born in Yonkers, NY, but never lived there; learned to talk in Baden-Baden, in the former West Germany (then called the BRD, for Bundesrepublik Deutschland), and moved around constantly throughout my childhood, so that when someone asks me where I'm from, I have no short answer handy. The musical treatment shifts to reflect each locale, as exemplified by Alvin and the Chipmunks' album Around the World with the Chipmunks."
Live, the collection will be performed by seven musicians on a stage set “featuring 50 years of artifacts both musical (vintage computers, reel-to-reel tape decks, newly invented instruments), and decorative (tiki bar, shag carpet, vintage magazines for the perusal of idle musicians)”.
The first shows will take place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on December 2 and 3, with two night stands in Los Angeles and Seattle following next spring.
Magnetic Fields Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows:
Fri December 02 2016 - NEW YORK Brooklyn Academy of Music
Sat December 03 2016 - NEW YORK Brooklyn Academy of Music
Thu April 27 2017 - LOS ANGELES Royce Hall
Fri April 28 2017 - LOS ANGELES Royce Hall
Sat May 06 2017 - SEATTLE Moore Theater
Sun May 07 2017 - SEATTLE Moore Theater
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