Indie Cred vol. 2, are you the destroyer?
My birthday occurred recently, and I asked my parents for a myriad of albums and videogames and whatnot.
Today, dear reader, is when I share (some of) the wealth.
One of the albums I got was Of Montreal’s very highly regarded new album “Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?”
Here is my review (as if you care…HA!):
AWESOME.
Totally diggin’ it, as the kids say (for the record, I just turned 20)*
As some of the more long-term readers will know, I am a HUUUUGE fan of Neutral Milk Hotel, and I recently became interested in looking up some of the other Elephant 6 bands.
I don’t know why I picked Of Montreal…maybe it’s cause they had a song on “Rob’s Party Mix” the “soundtrack” to Cloverfield (and…you know, the Outback Steakhouse commercial…).
Anyway, as I said, I really like the album. From what I understand, Hissing Fauna… is a concept album chronicling both the failing marriage of front-man Kevin Barnes (my response: “He’s not gay? Huh…”) and his transformation from Kevin Barnes into glam-rock-super star “Georgie Peach”.
Awesome, right?
No, he’s not gay. REALLY.
(Photo courtesy of Pitchfork.)
Of Montreal is similar to NMH in the way that all the E6 bands are similar, because on the surface, it’s weird as shit. Once you pay attention though, things start coming together and making sense, and that’s when it gets awesome. (Aeroplane Over The Sea is about Anne Frank. I JUST BLEW YOUR MIND.)
Listening to the album, one track, aside from their first single, “Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse” (and fro some reason Firefox is telling me “Heimdalsgate isn’t a word…) really stood out.
Clocking in at almost 12 minutes (AWESOME), I give you:
The Past is A Grotesque Animal
So yeah, Of Montreal gets my stamp of approval.
I’m still trying to track down more Mountain Goats albums, particularly Tallahasse, which features the AMAZING “No Children”.
Unfortunately, the local record store closed or moved or something and thus, I haven’t really gotten to look anywhere that might actually have it in stock. THANKS CORPORATE AMERICA, AMIRITE?
I could always buy it on iTunes, but that’s no fun.
Thanks for reading, folks.
-Mr. Sam
*I did get Mario Kart for my birthday though…
