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Splitting his 50 Song Memoir over two nights scrutinises all the ripe detail, heartbreak and humour of the songwriter’s journey from boy to hipster manIn 2015, and the prolific US singer,songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Stephin Merritt told Rolling Stone: “I don’t usually write songs approximately my own life.” Never say never. Less than two years later, the Magnetic Fields – the main vehicle for Merritt’s melodically lush but psychologically droll musical talents – released 50 Song Memoir, and a lavish autobiographical concept album that lined up tracks like birthday candles,mapping one to every year of Merritt’s life in chronological lockstep. Related: Stephin Merritt on his musical memoir: 'People who could be insulted, I cleared with them first' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com