Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
Of Montreal -- Polyvinyl Records
Release Date: 01|27|2007
With a name like Of Montreal, you d assume they re a Canadian band, from la belle province, right? And you d be right.
Only you wouldn t.
Maybe you ve heard of them? Or, maybe you haven t?
The point is, you should have by now. They make great music. And they ve been around for a few years.
And they certainly have a following of the types of people who tell you about great bands before anyone else knows about them. Musical Insider Trading if you will. And, they come from Athens which is probably as known for producing great bands as the city of Montreal is for having hot, French speaking girls you can fall for, then split up with and make a band and music to cope through it.
But then, you d be Kevin Barnes and your band would be Of Montreal. And the music you d be making would be 60 s pop influenced bliss.
Of Montreal adds to their discography early in the new year, with their release, Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
due January 27 on . And for those wise enough and pre-order the material now, (as mentioned already like forever ago) will walk away with sweet-action bonuses. The vinyl is double 180 gram LP in a deluxe, triple-gatefold jacket with four bonus tracks.
And, for pre-orders, you can get Icons, Abstract Thee EP with Hissing Fauna . Some sweetening of the pot so-to-speak Get it early!
Now, to the album I am not sure what I enjoy more: the song titles or the actual songs.
In the end the music gets the nod. As well it should. Barnes writing is like an homage to all that is well and good about music.
It plays like the musings of someone raised on the musical genius that came from the Brian Wilson studio era and fueled by a mainline I.V. of 60 s psychedelic pop music.
My favourite has to be Cato as a Pun it feels like another place and time. But, it segues right into the very sing-along-able Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse which I predict to be the hit. Come on chemicals And the album just progresses through it s journey to visit all your very familiar sites and sounds.
Try and tell me A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger doesn t sound like the Bee Gees! I dare ya! There are all sorts of elements here to enjoy.
At any rate, the album start to finish is a worthy addition to your collection if you consider yourself a Fonzie in the indie hipster world. And you re here reading this, so that s already been established. Or.
.. if you just like owning good albums that you can listen to over and over again.
In either case, get it and thank me later.
I like them, therfore so should you!
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