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The Magnetic Fields

Alternative

The next The Magnetic Fields concert is scheduled for Friday, September 19, 2025 at Oslo Konserthus in Oslo, Norway. See all 12 upcoming concerts
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Top Songs By The Magnetic Fields

Listen to The Book of Love by The Magnetic Fields, see lyrics, music video & more!
The Book of LoveThe Magnetic Fields
Listen to I Don't Want to Get Over You by The Magnetic Fields, see lyrics, music video & more!
I Don't Want to Get Over YouThe Magnetic Fields
Listen to All My Little Words by The Magnetic Fields, see lyrics, music video & more!
All My Little WordsThe Magnetic Fields
Listen to Absolutely Cuckoo by The Magnetic Fields, see lyrics, music video & more!
Absolutely CuckooThe Magnetic Fields
Listen to Come Back From San Francisco by The Magnetic Fields, see lyrics, music video & more!
Come Back From San FranciscoThe Magnetic Fields
Listen to Strange Powers by The Magnetic Fields, see lyrics, music video & more!
Strange PowersThe Magnetic Fields
Listen to Papa Was a Rodeo by The Magnetic Fields, see lyrics, music video & more!
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Listen to I Don't Believe in the Sun by The Magnetic Fields, see lyrics, music video & more!
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Listen to I Think I Need a New Heart by The Magnetic Fields, see lyrics, music video & more!
I Think I Need a New HeartThe Magnetic Fields
Listen to A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off by The Magnetic Fields, see lyrics, music video & more!
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Upcoming Concerts for The Magnetic Fields

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  • Sep
    19
    Sep 19, 2025
    Oslo Konserthus
    Oslo
  • Sep
    20
    Sep 20, 2025
    Oslo Konserthus
    Oslo
  • Sep
    26
    Sep 26, 2025
    Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
    Rome
  • Sep
    27
    Sep 27, 2025
    Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
    Rome
  • Sep
    29
    Sep 29, 2025
    Bristol Beacon
    Bristol
  • Sep
    30
    Sep 30, 2025
    Bristol Beacon
    Bristol
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More albums from The Magnetic Fields

Listen to Quickies by The Magnetic Fields
ALBUMQuickiesThe Magnetic Fields
Listen to 50 Song Memoir by The Magnetic Fields
ALBUM50 Song MemoirThe Magnetic Fields
Listen to Love at the Bottom of the Sea by The Magnetic Fields
ALBUMLove at the Bottom of the SeaThe Magnetic Fields
Listen to Realism by The Magnetic Fields
ALBUMRealismThe Magnetic Fields
Listen to Distortion by The Magnetic Fields
ALBUMDistortionThe Magnetic Fields
Listen to i by The Magnetic Fields
ALBUMiThe Magnetic Fields
Listen to 69 Love Songs by The Magnetic Fields
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Listen to Get Lost by The Magnetic Fields
ALBUMGet LostThe Magnetic Fields
Listen to The Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees (Remastered) by The Magnetic Fields
ALBUMThe Wayward Bus / Distant Plastic Trees (Remastered)The Magnetic Fields
Listen to Holiday by The Magnetic Fields
ALBUMHolidayThe Magnetic Fields
Listen to The Charm of the Highway Strip by The Magnetic Fields
ALBUMThe Charm of the Highway StripThe Magnetic Fields

The Magnetic Fields's Popular Music Videos

Watch Andrew in Drag music video by The Magnetic Fields
Andrew in Drag
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Watch '68: A Cat Called Dionysus music video by The Magnetic Fields
'68: A Cat Called Dionysus
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Watch '81: How to Play the Synthesizer music video by The Magnetic Fields
'81: How to Play the Synthesizer
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Watch '01: Have You Seen It in the Snow? music video by The Magnetic Fields
'01: Have You Seen It in the Snow?
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Watch '05: Never Again music video by The Magnetic Fields
'05: Never Again
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Watch '71: I Think I'll Make Another World music video by The Magnetic Fields
'71: I Think I'll Make Another World
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Watch '85: Why I Am Not a Teenager music video by The Magnetic Fields
'85: Why I Am Not a Teenager
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Watch '83: Foxx and I music video by The Magnetic Fields
'83: Foxx and I
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Watch '88: Ethan Frome music video by The Magnetic Fields
'88: Ethan Frome
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Artist Playlists

The Magnetic Fields Essentials
The Magnetic Fields Essentials
This ever-changing band is indie-pop royalty.
The Magnetic Fields Essentials
The Magnetic Fields: Influences
The Magnetic Fields: Influences
From The Velvets to Irving Berlin, a panoply of inspirations.
The Magnetic Fields: Influences
The Magnetic Fields: Deep Cuts
The Magnetic Fields: Deep Cuts
Dive further into the synth-heavy indie pop band's glowing tunes.
The Magnetic Fields: Deep Cuts

About The Magnetic Fields

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Hometown
Boston, MA, United States
Formed
1990
Genre
Alternative
An intrepid explorer of the human heart, Stephin Merritt has continually strived to capture the subject of love in all its beauty, cruelty, misery, and transcendent power. The fact that Merritt is also such a witty songwriter has only intensified fans’ devotion to The Magnetic Fields, the band he’s led through many incarnations since forming in his Boston hometown in 1989. Early releases like 1994’s The Charm Of The Highway Strip were largely solo affairs, with Merritt delivering his laconic tales of love and desire in a distinctive baritone over a bed of brightly melodic synth-pop. With a larger version of the band that included members such as his longtime foil and pianist Claudia Gonson, Merritt introduced a more elaborate sensibility on 1999’s 69 Love Songs, an ambitious triple album that expanded his stylistic repertoire to include country, jazz, and Stephen Sondheim-worthy Broadway balladry. After experimenting with noise rock on 2008’s Distortion and returning to synth-pop on 2012’s Love at the Bottom of the Sea, Merritt and the Magnetic Fields tackled a new challenge with 2017’s 50 Song Memoir, a diverse and delightful musical chronicle of the first 50 years of Merritt’s life that contained enough fresh ideas to serve him for another 50.
Members of The Magnetic Fields include, or have included, Stephin Merritt and Sam Davol.

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