
With no synths, no drum kits, and every instrument unplugged, the pristine Realism is the flip-side to the brash noise-pop of The Magnetic Fields' 2008 Distortion.
Singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt calls it 'folk,' but with its wide range of instrumentation and orchestrated arrangements, says Merritt, Realism is a more kaleidoscopic approach to a genre.'