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of Montreal – Wraith Pinned To The Mist And Other Games
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Athens, Georgia, United States (1997 – present)
They were among the second wave of groups to emerge from The Elephant 6 Recording Company and the group has a style that is typical of many Elephant 6 bands due to their interest in combining musical experimentation with the basic tenets of pop i.e. catchy melodies and sing-along choruses. The band’s style has been influenced by conventional indie pop, psychedelic music, vaudeville and music hall on their earlier releases and by afrobeat, funk, krautrock and reggae on their recent releases.
The band’s style has been known to change between albums. At first, the band embraced a more simple, quirky, lo-fi indie pop sound, which occasionally bordered on twee pop. The band was created by Kevin Barnes and named after a failed romance with a woman from Montreal, though the story changes in various interviews. Barnes was the only member of the “group” prior to his relocation to Athens, Georgia. There, he met Derek Almstead, later of Circulatory System, M Coast, Elf Power etc., and Bryan Poole, who also performs as The Late B.P. Helium.
Together, they recorded their first album, Cherry Peel, as well as The Bird Who Continues to Eat the Rabbit’s Flower and The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy.
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ShlebsIstRad
Young Froth / Taypiss is wonderful. Bring on Lousy with Sylvianbriar
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cupidcrushedego
i wish kevin were :(
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bushworms
i thought anco were gay
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Pastiche1
i don't see many similarities
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Illest_Villain
cool.i found a gay version of AnCo.
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Pastiche1
its soo beautifulll
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Pastiche1
love young froth
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Slowbrosif
this band is so easy to listen to :3
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cupidcrushedego
Fuck yes on the new album!! Sad the DVD is getting pushed back, but at least it won't be no half-assed and rushed project. I say take all the time they need. Not for that album though, I want it sooner! ;D
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cupidcrushedego
http://theviolenceofhandcrafteddolls.tumblr.com/post/48888276180/lousy-with-sylvianbriar (Kevin's Blog): I’m so happy to say that we’ve just finished a new album! It is titled “lousy with sylvianbriar”. We recorded it in my home studio on a 24 track tape machine. It is pretty different from Paralytic Stalks. Definitely more G Parsons than K Penderecki this time around. I wrote most of the songs while on a self imposed isolation experiment in San Francisco earlier this year, and we recorded it, over a two week period, about a month after i got back to Athens. I was influenced by the poetry of Sylvia Plath (hence the reference in the title), plus artists like the Grateful Dead, Neil Young, Flying Burrito Brothers…I can’t wait to share it with you! It won’t come out until the Fall though so I just have to be patient.
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ShlebsIstRad
Young Froth/Taypiss being shipped this week + new album announcement. Happy daysssss
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KasparovDeepBlu
they've been consistently awesome their entire career [2]
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jmnixon95
http://www.last.fm/music/of+Montreal/+images/460389 pls downvote into oblivion ok thank you
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chr504
did any of you guys catch Wild Belle open for Of Montreal a couple months ago? kind of fell in love with this band and thought you all would too! http://smarturl.it/WBKeepYouVEVO
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ShlebsIstRad
Yes they have :D
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dosheadedchabon
I fell in love with the first cute girl that I met Who could appreciate Of Montreal.
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sifelltneytandi
no they haven't :(
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Pastiche1
they've been consistently awesome their entire career
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sifelltneytandi
I wonder if they'll ever get awesome again.
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Persigraal
Worse than shit (no offense 2 shit).
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