The Magnetic Fields Announce New Album

Merge Records has announced that The Magnetic Fields will return to the label for a new record due out sometime next year.

The album will be chief songwriter Stephin Merritt’s first Magnetic Fields LP with Merge since 1999’s lengthy-yet-cherished 69 Love Songs.

Before the new record, however, Merritt has a rarities collection titled Obscurities coming out on the label Aug. 23.

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