This event is also part of From 69 to 50: A Stephin Merritt/Magnetic Fields Residency
A bubblegum goth night of music filled with upbeat sounds drenched in despair. Featuring Stephin Merritt with novelist/musician Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket).
With opening artist Brian Dewan.
The Gothic Archies was formed in 1997, releasing their EP The New Despair. What makes this band, headed by Stephin Merritt, different from The Magnetic Fields, is that any glimmer of hope is absolutely extinguished. The Gothic Archies have released two records, The New Despair in 1997 on Merge Records, and The Tragic Treasury: Music for A Series of Unfortunate Events, in 2006, on Nonesuch Records. The Tragic Treasury is a compilation of songs originally written for the audiobooks of each of the 13 volumes of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events books. On The Tragic Treasury, these 13 songs are compiled, plus a 14th theme song, “We are the Gothic Archies.” In 2002, the band composed original music for the audio book version of Neil Gaiman's Coraline.
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