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The Magnetic Fields

Indie rock
Indie rockSynth-pop

The Magnetic Fields is a Indie rock and Synth-pop act. Their sound grew out of Aarktica, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Young Marble Giants, Low and Billie Holiday. Those roots explain a lot about how The Magnetic Fields arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The 6ths, Camera Obscura, Yo La Tengo, Beulah and Daniel Johnston, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Weyes Blood, Always, Black Country, New Road, Alvvays and The Velvet Teen, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 30 connections around The Magnetic Fields, reaching back through Aarktica and forward to Weyes Blood. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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The Magnetic FieldsAarkticaOrchestral Manoeuvre…Young Marble GiantsLowBillie HolidayFleetwood MacWeyes BloodAlwaysBlack Country, New R…AlvvaysThe Velvet TeenLos Campesinos!The 6thsCamera ObscuraYo La TengoBeulahDaniel JohnstonThis is LoreleiSomeone Still Loves …Destroyer

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The Magnetic Fields connections

The Magnetic Fields grew out of Aarktica, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Young Marble Giants and Low, shares an orbit with The 6ths, Camera Obscura, Yo La Tengo and Beulah, went on to shape Weyes Blood, Always, Black Country, New Road and Alvvays. 30 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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