Love at the Bottom of the Sea is the tenth studio album by American indie pop band The Magnetic Fields. It was released in the U.K. on March 5, 2012, by record label Domino and in the U.S. on March 6, 2012, by Merge.
Two singles, "Andrew in Drag" and "Quick!", were released from the album.
It is the band's first release with Merge since 1999's 69 Love Songs. After releasing three albums relatively free of synthesizers as part of a "no-synth trilogy" (2004's i, 2008's Distortion, and 2010's Realism), Love at the Bottom of the Sea features the blend of acoustic and synthesized instruments that the band was known for in the 1990s. Stephin Merritt claims he took a fresh approach with the instrumentation, stating "Most of the synthesizers on the record didn't exist when we were last using synthesizers."[1] All of the tracks on the album are between two minutes and three minutes long, with the closing track being the longest at two minutes and thirty-eight seconds.
Release
Love at the Bottom of the Sea was released in the U.K. on March 5, 2012, by record label Domino and in the U.S. on March 6, 2012, by Merge.[citation needed]
The reception from critics has been generally favorable, with the average critical score being a 68 out of 100 according to review aggregator website Metacritic.[3]
