The Magnetic Fields was formed in 1989, with Stephin Merritt (the band's primary songwriter) and Claudia Gonson forming the band's foundation and John Woo, Shirley Sims, and Sam Davol arriving to build on it. Merritt is the primary songwriter for the group, as well as the primary vocalist (with Gonson taking a turn as lead singer every now and then); all members are multi-instrumentalists.
For more than 30 years of recording and touring together, Magnetic Fields has been one of the more interesting (not to mention amusing) performers of experimental pop around. Today's song is taken from their latest album--Quickies (2020)--and it seems like they're only getting better with age. It's song with a premise that seems more and more likely to be true with each passing week.
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