posted: 2024-04-17 The Charm of the Highway Strip The Magnetic Fields

released: 1994-04-18

on label: Merge

artist: The Magnetic Fields

genres: Indie Pop • Synthpop

with some: Alt-Country • Indietronica • Minimal Wave

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Stephin Merritt took more of a narrative approach than usual on The Charm of the Highway Strip, which was in part inspired (as the title indicates) by on-the-road experiences and exhibited a (very slight) country influence. Not as good as Holiday, although it has characteristically agile song writing and production.

Richie Unterberger, AllMusic