Quickies

Pop · 2020 · 28 tracks · 46m

Quickies

The Magnetic Fields

Twenty-eight bite-sized vignettes of wry, minimalist pop. A collection of musical flash fiction delivered with a signature deadpan baritone and acoustic charm.

It's like a book of very short, very funny, and slightly sad poems set to a toy piano and a cello.

A playful yet cynical collection of musical postcards that find humor in the mundane and the tragic.

Quickies · vs · The Magnetic Fields

Coffee Shop+1.6σ

Coffee Shop saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 28 Tracks · 46m

01

Castles of America

0:34

02

The Biggest Tits in History

2:12

03

The Day the Politicians Died

1:58

04

Castle Down a Dirt Road

1:47

05

Bathroom Quickie

0:46

06

My Stupid Boyfriend

2:01

07

Love Gone Wrong

2:13

08

Favorite Bar

1:12

09

Kill a Man a Week

0:59

10

Kraftwerk in a Blackout

1:49

11

When She Plays the Toy Piano

2:06

12

Death Pact (Let’s Make a)

0:17

13

I’ve Got a Date With Jesus

2:16

14

Come, Life, Shaker Life!

2:35

15

(I Want to Join a) Biker Gang

2:21

16

Rock ’n’ Roll Guy

2:33

17

You’ve Got a Friend in Beelzebub

1:13

18

Let’s Get Drunk Again (And Get Divorced)

1:15

19

The Best Cup of Coffee in Tennessee

2:07

20

When the Brat Upstairs Got a Drum Kit

1:52

21

The Price You Pay

1:52

22

The Boy in the Corner

0:55

23

Song of the Ant

0:43

24

I Wish I Had Fangs and a Tail

1:51

25

Evil Rhythm

1:47

26

She Says Hello

1:01

27

The Little Robot Girl

2:11

28

I Wish I Were a Prostitute Again

2:15

Moments Worth Waiting For

The jarring brevity of 'Death Pact (Let’s Make a)' which ends before the listener can even process the title.

The surprisingly lush vocal harmonies on 'I’ve Got a Date With Jesus' contrasting with its irreverent tone.

The way 'Kraftwerk in a Blackout' uses minimal instrumentation to evoke a specific, mechanical loneliness.

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