Obscurities
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| Sep 2011
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Deniz Cebenoyan
Reviewed 2012-03-14
Reviewed 2012-03-14
Stephin Merritt / “Obscurities” / Merge Records
“Mastermind” of the Magnetic Fields, this is a collection of Stephin Merritt’s hard-to-find recordings, including work from side projects as well as the Mag Fields (circa “69 Love Songs” too). Mix of everything - acoustic numbers, rocky numbers, synthy numbers, happy-go-lucky numbers - there’s something for everyone. All tracks good, some even short and lovely, good for if you’ve only got a couple of min left in the show.
No FCCs detected.
Favorite tracks: 1, 7, 11, 12
1. *1:57 Vocals and uke/piano, great achey sad acoustic number!
2. 2:16 Synthy chiptunes meets forlorn singing. Midtempo, cool.
3. 3:06 Synthy, midtempo, videogamey background, guitars too.
4. 3:29 Acoustic guitar, female voice, pretty.
5. 3:04 Big synth sound, slightly atonal vocals, mid/upbeat.
6. 2:10 Acoustic guitar, slightly bored vocals, but nice.
7. *3:40 Upbeat, synthy, dreamy vocals, catchy and toe-tappin’.
8. 3:03 Midtempo, big energy sound, synthy, cowbell!
9. 2:26 Slow, big water drops-like sound in background, synths, awesomely dramatic vocals, almost like he’s impersonating someone.
10. 1:39 Upbeat, echoey dark vocals, short and sweet.
11. *2:11 Bunch of random synth instruments beeping/honking away over really nice simple chords/vocal melody. Kinda strange, but kinda awesome.
12. *3:33 Upbeat, female vocals, nice simple synth melody. Easy to like this.
13. 2:51 Male & female vocals, midtempo, happy-go-lucky sweetness.
14. 2:52 Distant chimes/distortions, vocals almost spoken, they kinda sorta fit.
Deniz Cebenoyan
“Mastermind” of the Magnetic Fields, this is a collection of Stephin Merritt’s hard-to-find recordings, including work from side projects as well as the Mag Fields (circa “69 Love Songs” too). Mix of everything - acoustic numbers, rocky numbers, synthy numbers, happy-go-lucky numbers - there’s something for everyone. All tracks good, some even short and lovely, good for if you’ve only got a couple of min left in the show.
No FCCs detected.
Favorite tracks: 1, 7, 11, 12
1. *1:57 Vocals and uke/piano, great achey sad acoustic number!
2. 2:16 Synthy chiptunes meets forlorn singing. Midtempo, cool.
3. 3:06 Synthy, midtempo, videogamey background, guitars too.
4. 3:29 Acoustic guitar, female voice, pretty.
5. 3:04 Big synth sound, slightly atonal vocals, mid/upbeat.
6. 2:10 Acoustic guitar, slightly bored vocals, but nice.
7. *3:40 Upbeat, synthy, dreamy vocals, catchy and toe-tappin’.
8. 3:03 Midtempo, big energy sound, synthy, cowbell!
9. 2:26 Slow, big water drops-like sound in background, synths, awesomely dramatic vocals, almost like he’s impersonating someone.
10. 1:39 Upbeat, echoey dark vocals, short and sweet.
11. *2:11 Bunch of random synth instruments beeping/honking away over really nice simple chords/vocal melody. Kinda strange, but kinda awesome.
12. *3:33 Upbeat, female vocals, nice simple synth melody. Easy to like this.
13. 2:51 Male & female vocals, midtempo, happy-go-lucky sweetness.
14. 2:52 Distant chimes/distortions, vocals almost spoken, they kinda sorta fit.
Deniz Cebenoyan
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Charting
2012-03-17 — 2012-05-19
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| May 20 | 1 |
| Apr 22 | 1 |
| Apr 8 | 1 |
| Apr 1 | 2 |
| Mar 25 | 5 |
| Mar 18 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Forever And A Day | ||
| 2. | Rats In The Garbage Of The Western World (The Magnetic Fields) | ||
| 3. | I Don't Believe You (The Magnetic Fields) | ||
| 4. | Plant White Roses (Buffalo Rome) | ||
| 5. | Rot In The Sun (6th) | ||
| 6. | The Sun And The Sea And The Sky | ||
| 7. | Yet Another Girl (6th) | ||
| 8. | Scream (Till You Make The Scene) | ||
| 9. | The Song From Venus | ||
| 10. | Beach-A-Boop-Boop (The Magnetic Fields) | ||
| 11. | When I'm Not Looking, You're Not There (The Magnetic Fields) | ||
| 12. | Take Ecstasy With Me (The Magnetic Fields) | ||
| 13. | When You're Young And In Love | ||
| 14. | You Are Not My Mother And I Want To Go Home (The Gothic Archies) |