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Of Montreal has always looked to the past, but the bygone era that mastermind Kevin Barnes daydreams of here is considerably more recent than usual. These two minutes hearkens more than anything—more, even, than the “Age of Aquarius”—to...
Last spring’s “Satanic Panic in the Attic” won superb reviews from many who had once ignored Barnes’ work, mostly by hinting at new directions less directly beholden to Dad’s record collection. Initial reports suggesting that ?...
Barnes has found himself somewhat of an unlikely elder statesman in what remains of the many-trunked Elephant 6 scene. But the market for trippy harmonics that the Georgian collective once served has been cornered for the moment by even weirder psychedelic varietals, and the mantle that rests on Barnes?...
The answer, for the devoted audience of music critics still tuning in, will always be “yes.” Thankfully, though, Barnes has let us sidestep that question, using his seventh Of Montreal album as an opportunity to expand beyond the formal restrictions that sometimes limited even...
“Nice Big American Baby” is the work of a writer whose interminable imagination pulls her in immensely far-reaching dimensions. The collection is outstanding for its range of setting and style, from dystopian futures to elephant graveyards, but Budnitz never forgets to weave the thematic...