A 16-track collection of infectious and inventive synth-pop driven by the innovative arrangements of Christopher Ewen (ex-Figures On a Beach) and songwriting talent of Stephin Merritt. Merritt's classic songwriting style can be seen here (sample lyric from Future Bible Heroes' "Losing Your Affection": "I would rather rub the hair of a bear in her lair in the opposite direction than be losing your affection"). The album is the band's second full-length CD, and marks the first time Magnetic Fields member/man...   [ read more ]

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The lyric sheet for Memories of Love is composed of a variety of wacky puzzles -- anagrams, cryptograms, jumbles and the like -- that you need to solve to get to the words. This sets the tone for the entire album -- a playful collection of puzzlers that's more fun than the Sunday crossword. Stephin Merritt has a facility for twisting clichTs and hackneyed images into delightful new shapes. This -- along with his inherent tunefulness -- puts him in the same league as songwriters like {$Robyn Hitchcock...   [ read more ]

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The latest from STEPHIN MERRITT's (MAGNETIC FIELDS, GOTHIC ARCHIES, 6THs) dance-wallow outfit FUTURE BIBLE HEROES, gets you two previously unreleased cuts--"Lonely Robot" and "DJ From Outer Space"--along with five remix tracks of older favorites--"Losing Your Affection" (Client On Demand mix), "Losing Your Affection" (Sunroof mix), "World is a Disco Ball," and "I'm A Vampire" (extended mix).

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