Wait, I Was Wrong About the New Magnetic Fields Album! Seeing It Live Changed Everything

by Rich SmithBy the merch table, there was a life-sized cardboard cut-out of Stephin Merritt, made with this photo. MARCELO KRASILCIC
You shouldn't entirely disregard everything I wrote in my review of 50 Song Memoir, the new as-advertised opus out from Stephin Merritt and his Magnetic Fields, but I do want to soften an accusation ("letdown") I made in the headline.
After seeing Part 2 of the band's two-night set at the Moore, I can tell you that the album is not a letdown at all. I spoke too so