The Magnetic Fields are coming to the "albums coming out in 2012" party, with the announcement of their tenth-full length album. Love At The Bottom Of The Sea will be released through Domino on March 5. What do we know about it? Well, a few things. Firstly it contains synthesisers. Hoorah. There are no songs over three minutes long. Those songs were recorded in LA, San Francisco and New York with Claudia Gonson, Sam Davol, John Woo, Shirley Sims, Johny Blood and Daniel Handler.

Oh, and here is the tracklisting:

1. Your Girlfriend’s Face
2. Andrew in Drag
3. God Wants Us to Wait
4. Born For Love
5. I’d Go Anywhere with Hugh
6. Infatuation (With Your Gyration)
7. The Only Boy in Town
8. The Machine in Your Hand
9. Goin’ Back to the Country
10. I’ve Run Away to Join the Fairies
11. The Horrible Party
12. My Husband’s Pied-a-Terre
13. I Don’t Like Your Tone
14. Quick!
15. All She Cares About Is Mariachi

Stephin Merritt and co. also have some UK and Irish tour dates lined-up in the early part of next year.

March:
11 - Minehead for ATP curated by Jeff Mangum

April:
24 - Brighton, Komedia
25 - London, Royal Festival Hall
27 - Manchester, RNCM
28 - Dublin, The Olympia
29 - Cork, Opera House