Merritt, Stephen / Obscurities
| Album: | Obscurities | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Merritt, Stephen | Added: | Sep 2011 | |
| Label: | Merge Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2012-03-17 | Pull Date: | 2012-05-19 |
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| Week Ending: | May 20 | Apr 22 | Apr 8 | Apr 1 | Mar 25 | Mar 18 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 27, 2015: | Mix Tape: Electric Outlet-ish
You Are Not My Mother And I Want To Go Home (The Gothic Archies) |
4. | Apr 04, 2012: | meow: the winter formal (best of hit parade of winter 2012)
You Are Not My Mother And I Want To Go Home (The Gothic Archies) |
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| 2. | May 13, 2012: | meow
You Are Not My Mother And I Want To Go Home (The Gothic Archies) |
5. | Mar 28, 2012: | Modern Donkey - Family Tribute
Forever And A Day |
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| 3. | Apr 16, 2012: | Bridal Moments
Take Ecstasy With Me (The Magnetic Fields) |
6. | Mar 27, 2012: | meow
Forever And A Day |
Album Review
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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