The Magnetic Fields 'Strange Powers'

the finest indie pop via '92.

carousels, sleep deprivation, cotton candy, and ukelele

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci37lvMsTsA&feature=related

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"Sullen Eyes" by The Sea Urchins

I probably should have waited to post this one, as I have been planning a compilation for sorting the end of October out (And this was a star track) ... Nonetheless I couldn't help but post this B side from the Sea Urchins. In my opinion it heavily outways the A side "Pristine Christine". And apparently this is the first 7" released from Sarah Records. A great jingle-jangle meets VU organ chug.

I am pretty sure this song is about love.

Stayed tuned....

My October Compilation is soon to come.

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"Lacewings" b/w "6AM Morningside" by The Clientele

Side A (Lacewings)

Side B (6AM Morningside)

Falling in line again with the Autumnal posts are two shadowy tracks from The Clientele circa September '99 . These are the types of songs that leave me wondering if anyone else can recognize the subtle gorgeousness, or if I am just bonkers for obsessing over them. Warm evening sunlight rays flicker on a wooden front porch --or in this case transparent lacewings swarm a crescent moon. Beatlesesque vocals meet a haunting Santo & Johnny sluggish steel guitar on the A side. The B side is chock full of the stuff that the best indie pop is made of: Brevity, Cathedral bells, Sunsets, Adoration, Open Windows...

Is it just me, or does it sound like these songs were penned while sleepwalking in a foggy cornfield right before the harvest, around 6AM?

I am dying to find this 7".

Lacewings mp3

b/w

6AM Morningside mp3

"There's Too Much Love" by Belle & Sebastian

So here it is, this is the perfect Fall song; all at once bright, uplifting, dark and devastating. The handclaps and strings make this song the perfect fit on an autumn mixtape, somewhere in between "I Hear a Symphony" and  "No One Does It Like You". Imagery of mirrored balls and frustration float throughout the melody. In what could be an homage to Northern Soul... Stuart Murdoch threatens:

"I feel like dancing on my own
Where no one knows me, and where I
Can cause offence just by the way I look"

I am just going to add that I have seen Stuart Murdoch dance... and it was far from offensive. I am pretty sure that this song is best enjoyed inside of a gigantic pile of red and yellow leaves with a warm cup of coffee.

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