Blog: Prefixmag.com

Magnetic Fields have announced the release date of their new album -- and hey, act surprised: it's a concept venture. Realism is to follow 2008's Distortion , which exploited that idea using both musical and psychological avenues (a heartbroken man attacks reality with the bludgeon of booze; a nun dances with the pipe dream of becoming a courtesan). With song titles like "Seduced and Abandoned," "Walk a Lonely Road" and "Always Already Gone," expect Stephin Merritt to keep it real. Realism will be released on Nonesuch Records, home [...]