Felix NEill

To celebrate the release of the new Magnetic Fields album, "Realism" I though it might be a good time to revisit this strange little album from Merritt's long and diverse discography.

I'm not going to lie to you, some of this is simply terrible. Irritating and grating. Chinese opera something, something. But do you know what? His gift for melody, pathos, drama and structure cannot be hidden. He is undoubtedly a genius and like Eno, his misfires are almost as interesting as his triumphs.


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P.S. And in no way am I dismissing Chinese opera or Chinese culture in any way. I'm just saying this seems a bit of dilettantism. Don't ask me about their human rights record though.