of montreal
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Of Montreal has just shared the second single off its upcoming LP Aureate Gloom. Lead “Bassem Sabry” certainly did enough to get us anticipating this album, this new track “Empyrean Abattoir” only managing to add to that anticipation. Give it a listen above and enjoy! Aureate Gloom is out 3
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https://soundcloud.com/polyvinyl-records/of-montreal-bassem-sabry-1/s-EMF9j I distinctly remember the term “asexual beige” being idiotically lobbed at of Montreal’s last record, Lousy with Sylvianbriar. The band’s subtle subversion of blues rock on that project definitely wasn’t what many were expecting after the manic chamber pop of Paralytic
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of Montreal’s latest record sees the band stripping things back to some pretty base instrumentation, resulting in a sound that’s pretty similar to the band’s early work. However, Kevin Barnes proves he’s still a pretty manic songwriter, consistently delivering wordy, witty, and intense lyrics in his
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of Montreal has just shared the third single from its upcoming album lousy with sylvianbriar. With its crisp guitar tones, galloping pace, and another hard-hitting vocal performance from frontman Kevin Barnes, “belle glade missionaries” doesn’t at all pull back from the badass 60’s rebel rock esthetic of previous
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After last month’s “fugitive air,” of Montreal is back with the second single from its upcoming album lousy with sylvianbriar, “she ain’t speakin’ now.” The track is a tumultuous piece of 60’s psych rock, featuring a tour de force vocal performance from front man Kevin Barnes. Barnes
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Yesterday, the eminent indie pop act, of Montreal, announced that it has a new album called lousy with sylvianbriar due out October 8th via Polyvinyl. The LP was recorded in a home studio on a 24-track tape machine, resulting in a set of 11 songs that frontman Kevin Barnes describes
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In 1996, of Montreal released Cherry Peel, a delicate, sensitive, and heavily Beatles-indebted debut album that rivaled even the Fab Four in terms of simplistic pop songwriting. Ten albums later, Kevin Barnes and company have released a plenitude of fantastical concept albums, gotten married to glossy synths and dance beats,
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A new track from Julian Koster project, the Music Tapes. Koster was a member of indie rock band Neutral Milk Hotel and is a member of Elephant 6 Collective, which also features Of Montreal among former band mates like Jeff Magnum. This new track in a surprise to no one
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“Spiteful Intervention” was my favourite song off of Of Montreals 11th (!) album, Paralytic Stalks. I’m glad they opted to release a video for it, and what a video it is. In it, you see lead singer Kevin Barnes’ face being warped in psychedelic colours and shapes. It’s definitely
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of Montreal’s latest album marks a slight change in sound for the Georgia psych pop band, incorporating more arranged instrumentation for a pretty classy effect. WATCH THE REVIEW
