Stephin Merritt on eavesdropping in gay bars and getting replaced by a cover band — 180 Meets

We met Stephin Merrit of Magnetic Fields ahead of their second show at CCVF, in Guimarães. Stephin told us about eavesdropping in gay bars, what he pulls from to write his songs, how he embodies different characters to write lyrics, how he has kept recording at home throughout the years. He also told us how he's thinking of replacing himself and the band with an Argentinian cover band...