Blog: Consequence Of Sound

The Magnetic Fields have at long last returned with their followup to 2008's Distortion . Their new album, Realism , serves as the polar opposite to that fuzzed-out guitar record. For the band's tenth album, Stephin Merritt chose to record Realism with very little electric guitar, an abundance of strings, and acoustic instruments. The result is, obviously, a very stripped-down effort, which simply pleases more than it excites. However, there is enough here to warrant a recommendation. The album's strongest track, "You Must Be Out [...]