of montreal

tpfkabi · April 10, 2006, 10:17:48 PM

couldn't find a thread here.
i've heard of them quite a bit, but am just now really digging in to their catalog.
have Poppies, Sunlandic and just got Satanic last week.

couldn't get The Party's Crashing Us out of my head for a while.

Gamblour. · April 10, 2006, 11:51:19 PM

Yeah, they come out of Athens, GA. very catchy music, but also very much like an acid trip (dare I say, trippy?). The lyrics are strange and colorful. Haven't seen them live yet.

JG · April 11, 2006, 05:40:08 AM

Hmm, one of my top 5 favorite bands. I've seen em life, own almost all of their records. They pull em out like clockwork. Kevin Barnes never stops working. My favorites: Satanic Panic in the Attic, The Gay Parade.

Cherry Peel their debut, is also excellent. As is quite a few other ones. Highly recommended live show as well.

bonanzataz · April 11, 2006, 05:59:15 AM

Quote from: Gamblour le flambeur on April 10, 2006, 11:51:19 PM
Yeah, they come out of Athens, GA

so, basically, they're liars...

tpfkabi · April 11, 2006, 07:17:43 PM

i believe i read he had a girlfriend from Montreal around the time he formed the band......or something.

any idea why the album with GW on the cover is out of print?
i read he Barnes wasn't too pleased with it, but still...........to not print it anymore?

JG · April 11, 2006, 07:59:59 PM

a lot of their albums go in and out of print, 3 of their albums just recently got re-released. still that's the one of the few i don't have.

Weird. Oh · April 12, 2006, 01:58:41 AM

Quote from: bigideas on April 11, 2006, 07:17:43 PM
i believe i read he had a girlfriend from Montreal around the time he formed the band......or something.

any idea why the album with GW on the cover is out of print?
i read he Barnes wasn't too pleased with it, but still...........to not print it anymore?

I'm pretty sure that album was a tour only one with the title Then Who Will Protect Big Oil. I've been an Of Montreal fan way before they became a dance-rock O.C raved group. Don't really care for the past two albums too much but they still have their catchiness to them.

tpfkabi · April 12, 2006, 05:51:30 PM

they had a song on the OC?

Ultrahip · April 12, 2006, 06:50:09 PM

these guys are awesome, and even more awesome live. glad this thread was started, and i have to agree on the party's crashing us now, that song stayed in my head for about two months.

two bouncy, rollicking months.

Weird. Oh · April 13, 2006, 06:48:26 AM

Quote from: bigideas on April 12, 2006, 05:51:30 PM
they had a song on the OC?

Apparently.it was Requiem for OMM2. If you got to any shows of theirs now you'll see a bunch of scenesters and teeny bops.

tpfkabi · April 13, 2006, 10:14:09 PM

i think the latest live pitchfork review mentioned the OC but i thought they meant it as a figure of speech...........that's nuts.

I'm not liking Satanic as much as Sunlandic or Poppies (sorry i can't remember how to spell the 'c' word). there's not as much varying instruments, just mostly electric guitar. but i've only listened to it about 3 times.

but man, City Birds is slaying me. sounds like Lennon circa White Album (think Dear Prudence, Julia) and the flute makes me think of Nick Drake.

colbent · April 16, 2006, 03:36:01 PM

That album with GW was just a collection of b-sides and stuff, it's not very good anyway.

Neil · June 06, 2006, 01:28:34 PM

Great great great music...Born a girl blew my mind, that's a song that I could never picture being written...

tpfkabi · June 06, 2006, 07:11:34 PM

Bedside Drama has been in my cd player the last couple weeks.

tpfkabi · February 17, 2007, 11:53:45 PM

seeing them tomorrow. i'm loving the new album and ep.
my opinion on Satanic has changed - i like it quite a bit now. i have their entire discography except for one and i like just about every track on each release.