Where Has Of Montreal Been All My Life?

You probably know what I mean when you get to that point of listening to music, where you're bored of all the bands you've been obsessing over lately and all your essential bands aren't really exciting you, so you randomly put on a band you're not very familiar with and just listen, to see if you like what you hear. I did that with Of Montreal and the results were extraordinary.

My brother once said this and I feel it's true, and I paraphrase: "When you hear Of Montreal for the first time, you either want all their albums right away or you want the music turned off." He's been to two of their concerts, so he knows what he's talking about.

Anyway, I fall into category one, finding their music so over-the-top, extravagent and addictive. Crazy synths and piano and god knows what are the background to Kevin Barnes' insane falsetto that occupy each song. It's hard to really classify the music as it's so far ranging, but who really cares? The song below, "The Past Is A Grotesque Animal" is an epic, poetic masterpiece that you must take the ten minutes to listen to.