MAGNETIC FIELDS - Holiday LP post-hardcore and co-produced by Paul Butler

and co-produced by Paul Butler (The Bees

a song that will perhaps eventually show itself as a classic Australian record

for the first time (minus a couple of tracks on the CD)

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MAGNETIC FIELDS - Holiday LP post-hardcore and co-produced by Paul ButlerIncludes d l code. Holiday was originally released in 1994 after The Charm of the Highway Strip but was actually recorded before it. Therefore Stephin Merritt's compositions were less widescreen and more insular but by God does this set the template for his later work. What we are talking about is bedroom synth pop with yearning romantic lyrics and the grumpy sense of fun that has been the Magnetic Fields thing ever since.