Stephin merritt

Stephin Merritt

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Stephin Merritt

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Jan 17, 1966 - The American singer and songwriter STEPHIN MERRITT was born (The Magnetic Fields, The Future Bible Heroes, The 6ths, and The Gothic Archies). Merritt is openly gay. His lyrics are known for bending and blurring gender lines; examples include the song "When My Boy Walks Down The Street," sung by a male vocalist, which contains the lyric "and he's going to be my wife."

Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths, The Gothic Archies, etc.

Stephin Merritt

Listening to the super duper Distortion — which we’ve already prematurely sainted — it’s pretty clear Stephin Merritt likes the Jesus & Mary Chain and their rainy feedback. Listen no further than the a-clang backdrop of “Too Drunk To Dream,” though a better example would be “Please Stop Dancing.” True, the white noise smears frostily […]

The new album centers on the most improbable of Stephin Merritt themes: Stephin Merritt.

Stephin Merritt’s irascibility is the stuff of lore – spare a thought, dear reader, for the Chicago Time Out editor reportedly reduced to tears during a particularly sour encounter – but like most anecdote-based reputations, his prickliness is prey to exaggeration. Admittedly, our brief chat contains its share of confidence-shrivelling dead ends (Q: You don’t record many covers, so what attracted you to Franz Ferdinand’s Dream Again (for last year’s Covers EP)? “I liked the song”).