Happy Friday folks.

Fancy a chilled out track to ease yourself into the weekend?

You do?

Good.

I have to say, I am utterly exhausted. This month has really taken its toll on me, which may account for the lack of meaty posts. Fear not though, I have a few things in the pipeline for February, not to mention a particularly scathing rant about valentine's day. Hurrah.

In the meantime though, enjoy this chilled out track from the effervescent Magnetic Fields. You could do no better than buy their new album, Realism. It's almost on a par with their epic 69 Love Songs, (it's not as sappy as it sounds, the dark undertones are almost overwhelming at times; it's brilliant) which is rather surprising considering their last album was somewhat of a disappointment. This is one of my favourite songs from Realism, very bittersweet (and I'm still astounded by just how low Stephen Meritt's voice actually gets, I have yet to hear a bass match him for sheer sonority!). Enjoy.

Magnetic Attraction

Lame title I know, but I'm running low on creativity this week.

I may be a little behind the hype, but I just HAD to blog about The Magnetic Fields. They are truly brilliant in the way that they sound both enlightening and miserable at the same time.

I love it.

The Magnetic Fields sound like Joy Division being injected with prozac and rainbows whilst being beaten up by The Pet Shop Boys- some day huh? Still, if you listen to the track below you'll see what I mean. There's also something slightly Mouldy Peaches about them too, not sure whether it's the bemusing lyrics or just the vocalist's voice, but I can't seem to shake the comparison on some of their tracks.

What do you crazy folks think?