R.I.P. Susan Anway: The former singer of the Boston synthpop band The Magnetic Fields has passed away. https://t.co/vB06txXQvn pic.twitter.com/qn9LBt2UQ2

— Consequence (@consequence) September 9, 2021

This afternoon.

Broadsheet is very saddened to hear of the death of former Magnetic Fields singer Susan Anway.

Her amazing voice lit up their early albums from the 1990s, including this masterpiece 100,000 Fireflies (above).

Somewhere a dobro is inconsolable today.

R.I.P. Susan Anway, Former Vocalist of The Magnetic Fields Has Died (CoS)