[This is possibly the first of a series of 'vinyl gems', songs that are weird or wonderful and can only be found on vinyl records.]

This is a total gem from the station’s music library. It’s from the b-side of “All the Umbrellas in London”, one of the best Magnetic Fields songs out there.

This song is just crazy and weird. It’s a bit strange if you know Magnetic Fields songs from that (Get Lost) era, but if all you know is the current Magnetic Fields stuff, you might be a little surprised. (Well, I suppose Distortion has come back around to more of this sort of sound.)

I’ll give one reason to take a listen to this and it’s the only reason you’re going to need: the chorus is “We are the rats in the garbage of the Western world…so let’s dance!“.

Magnetic Fields - Rats in the Garbage of the Western World (mp3)

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