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Flare - Cut

Review by Alexander Tudor

LD Beghtol is best known (in the UK) for his singing on Stephin Merritt’s 69 Love-songs (1999), and possibly also his Field Guide to the aforementioned classic, for the 33-and-a-third series of books. Flare is his »

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flare acoustic arts league is ld beghtol (magnetic fields, ld & the new criticism) plus a cast of thousands. in addition to heading up flare, beghtol is the writer-producer and vocalist for ld & the new criticism, and is a one-half of the bicoastal project moth wranglers (with ex-king missile bassist and keyboard player chris xefos). in 1998 beghtol was invited by songwriter-producer stephin merritt to collaborate as on the magnetic fields' acclaimed 1999 triple-cd '69 love songs'. 'cut' is a collection of quirky us collegiate chamber pop songwriting, on which his often sardonic lyrics mix comfortably with minimal esoteric instrumentation on delicate, chiming tunes. stephin merritt (magnetic fields) and alan sparhawk (low) contribute amongst many

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