IWasBored
Blue Crack Supplier
- Joined
- Nov 8, 2002
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LM had to inform me they have an new album out in march, because i'm a pretty lousy fan. i mentioned that while i was hijacking 212er's wild nothing thread that it took several years and my brother discovering the awesomeness of stephin merritt in order for me to realize there are songs that are 1) equally wonderful 2) if not better than "born on a train". i was amused by chicken with it's head cut off, and too drunk to dream, but for quite some time ignored the handful of other MF tunes i had acquired from somewhere years ago. namely ignoring "all the umbrellas in london," which has become one of my favorite songs, and i cannot stop listening to it. i pretty much quit watching band documentaries, but i did sit through the strange powers one as it was streaming on netflix. it was cool. that probably helped more than anything in reminding me i need to delve further into the band's catalog.
band...merritt...whichever pronoun i'm supposed to use. i do tend to hate when bands, who we then feel compelled to call "they," are technically groups of multiple people we should be calling "they," but at the end of the day one person is the consistent brains behind them. i still get the impression the magnetic fields are more of a "they" than xiu xiu, anyway.
but i've really only heard about 2/3 of 69 love songs, half of distortion, and some random other tunes. lest i semi-cobblerize this matter come march 6th when the new album hits, i will have to rectify very, very soon.
Track Listing:
1 God Wants Us to Wait
2 Andrew in Drag
3 Your Girlfriend's Face
4 Born for Love
5 I'd Go Anywhere with Hugh
6 Infatuation (with your gyration)
7 Only Boy in Town
8 The Machine in Your Hand
9 Goin' Back to the Country
10 I've Run Away to Join the Fairies
11 The Horrible Party
12 My Husband's Pied a Terre
13 I Don't Link Your Tone
14 Quick!
15 All She Cares About Is Mariachi
band...merritt...whichever pronoun i'm supposed to use. i do tend to hate when bands, who we then feel compelled to call "they," are technically groups of multiple people we should be calling "they," but at the end of the day one person is the consistent brains behind them. i still get the impression the magnetic fields are more of a "they" than xiu xiu, anyway.
but i've really only heard about 2/3 of 69 love songs, half of distortion, and some random other tunes. lest i semi-cobblerize this matter come march 6th when the new album hits, i will have to rectify very, very soon.
Track Listing:
1 God Wants Us to Wait
2 Andrew in Drag
3 Your Girlfriend's Face
4 Born for Love
5 I'd Go Anywhere with Hugh
6 Infatuation (with your gyration)
7 Only Boy in Town
8 The Machine in Your Hand
9 Goin' Back to the Country
10 I've Run Away to Join the Fairies
11 The Horrible Party
12 My Husband's Pied a Terre
13 I Don't Link Your Tone
14 Quick!
15 All She Cares About Is Mariachi