Distracted Noise Pop: Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt ducks the dog to chat longer

Pub date February 21, 2008
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By Alex Felsinger

Magnetic Fields leader Stephin Merritt – what a chatterbox. Read the rest of his interview here.

SFBG: I made the mistake of listening to the new album on some laptop speakers, so when I plugged in a nice pair of headphones, it was nice to hear all the layers underneath the distortion.

Stephin Merritt: I’m curious to hear about people who hear it for the first time under crummy Internet conditions.