Stephin Merritt Interviewed By Exclaim!

The Magnetic Fields frontman sat down this week with Canada's self-proclaimed 'music authority' to discuss influences, the band's new record (Distortion) & what his mom thinks of the LP. Here's a snippet: *"Whenever I start on a record I wonder what kind of album it will become and I start to make guidelines, otherwise what’s it going to be? Partly Chinese opera, partly shrieking feedback and partly 69 Love Songs? My mother hates the record. She doesn’t get it at all, and I’m delighted.”* Enjoy the full piece here.

MP3: The Magnetic Fields - Xavier Says [alt link]