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THE MAGNETIC FIELDS
miércoles, 25 junio, 21.30 h.
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Distortion
invited artist DARREN HANLON
STEPHIN MERRIT voice, ukelele, keyboard
SAM DAVOL cello
CLAUDIA GONSON percussion, piano and voice
JOHN WOO banjo, guitar
It could be because of their great tunes – some of which have been covered by Superchunk, The Divine Comedy, Lush and Frank & Walters – maybe because of their brilliant love song lyrics or possibly because they do pop like no-one else, or rather like no-one else dares to -rhythms from the eighties, amazing percussion and definitely an anti-pop voice- , The Magnetic Fields is one of the most brilliant, enigmatic and delicious groups to come out of recent years.
After four years of silence, the band from New York, led by Stephin Merrit –composer, producer, interpreter and doubtlessly one of the great geniuses of our time- returns with Distortion, an album where he returns to the lo-fi nature of his early work - Distant plastic trees (91) and The wayward bus (92) – and sounds full of drama and nostalgia, leaving behind the smooth orchestral melodies that dominate the extraordinary trilogy 69 love songs (99) and I (04). Merritt plays with expertise and embellishes his songs with electronics that infuse the forever magnificent lyrics in Distortion with guitar music or with some types of minimalist folk.
Distortion is elegant and suggestive, again confirming that The Magnetic Fields have the ability to create diminutive pop hymns that are composed using unorthodox musical arrangements.In a nutshell, they still have the ability to entertain with their tireless talent, and to fascinate us by imagining intoxifying-impossible dreams and broken hearts.