
Nonesuch I recently finished reading Our Noise , the book about Merge Records' 20th anniversary (which is excellent and highly recommended, by the way), and was struck by three of the bands covered in-depth, and the paths they've taken. There was Spoon , who despite becoming more successful with each album have chosen to stick with the label that got them there; Neutral Milk Hotel , who retired after crafting their masterpiece ; and The Magnetic Fields , who used their own career-defining work [...]