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Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by of Montreal
8,649,203 plays (336,090 listeners)
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Tracklist
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Suffer For Fashion | 2:57 | 179,912 | ||
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Sink The Seine | 1:04 | 154,845 | ||
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Cato As A Pun | 3:01 | 151,450 | ||
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Heimdalsgate Like A Promethea | 3:17 | 401 | ||
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Gronlandic Edit | 3:24 | 200,470 | ||
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A Sentence Of Sorts In Kongsv | 4:55 | 267 | ||
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The Past is a Grotesque Anima | 11:50 | 487 | ||
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Bunny Ain't No Kind Of Rider | 3:50 | 131,386 | ||
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Faberge Falls For Shuggie | 4:30 | 114,943 | ||
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Labyrinthian Pomp | 3:20 | 107,503 | ||
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She's a Rejecter | 4:02 | 31,994 | ||
| 12 |
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We Were Born The Mutants Again | 4:56 | 3,835 |
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About this album
Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? is the eighth album from indie pop band of Montreal. It was released January 23, 2007. The album was written, performed, and recorded by Kevin Barnes, with assistance from friends and family: prominent Elephant Six members Bryan Poole, Jamey Huggins and Heather McIntosh, as well as Barnes’ wife Nina Twin, and daughter Alabee Blonde. Credits also feature Georgie Fruit, a glam rock alter-ego of Barnes.
Barnes has described the album as a concept album, detailing his transformation from Kevin Barnes into Georgie Fruit. The transformation takes place during “The Past Is a Grotesque Animal,” the 12-minute long “turning point” of the album. In addition, the album namechecks many things commonly associated with glam rock, such as drugs, art and fashion; “The Past Is a Grotesque Animal” alludes to Edward Albee’s play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and specifically mentions Georges Bataille’s novel Histoire de l’oeil.
Barnes credits his being prescribed antidepressants with the making of the album. “The real issue was a chemical thing, so when I finally got on medication, that balanced it out. So that helped me have a better perspective on things and helped my relationship with my wife and helped me through the album.” “Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse”, the album’s first single, chronicles his struggle with chemical imbalance and mood disorders.
Barnes has described the album as a concept album, detailing his transformation from Kevin Barnes into Georgie Fruit. The transformation takes place during “The Past Is a Grotesque Animal,” the 12-minute long “turning point” of the album. In addition, the album namechecks many things commonly associated with glam rock, such as drugs, art and fashion; “The Past Is a Grotesque Animal” alludes to Edward Albee’s play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and specifically mentions Georges Bataille’s novel Histoire de l’oeil.
Barnes credits his being prescribed antidepressants with the making of the album. “The real issue was a chemical thing, so when I finally got on medication, that balanced it out. So that helped me have a better perspective on things and helped my relationship with my wife and helped me through the album.” “Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse”, the album’s first single, chronicles his struggle with chemical imbalance and mood disorders.
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Shouts
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Captain_Waffles wrote:
that depressing moment when you listen to Hissing Fauna and realize within the first minute that no other of Montreal albums are nearly quite as good. Not that the other ones aren't good or anything
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AlexMercure wrote:
I'M SO HAPPY!
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goooseberry wrote:
that awesome moment when something is absolutely perfect.
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Nakkinak wrote:
>that feel when this is absolutely flawless
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Nakkinak wrote:
masterpiece
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MrMorizon wrote:
I feel this is the Highway 61 Revisited of our times. I have the same feeling as ppl in the 60s had about said record: "This is hilarious. This is impossible, it is just TOO GOOD."
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Nakkinak wrote:
I shouldn't love this so much
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mauriciotussi wrote:
oh, i love this album SO BADLY. can't express how much
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Nakkinak wrote:
aha this is how you feel when you took anti-depressants
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VonHades wrote:
this album is so fucking ACE, amazing amazing album <333333333
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LiFreitas wrote:
The discovery of the year!
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EdgeLike wrote:
this album is the shit. I picked it up on whim today when I was out buying Black Foilage. fucking great music.
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farfafarf wrote:
Does this album remind anyone else of late era Beatles?
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harpoonfever wrote:
amazing album <3
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therhapsody wrote:
this album is SO solid!
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mydesperateicon wrote:
masterpiece!
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cesareslava73 wrote:
Encarretador al cien!!
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justinainsworth wrote:
Best.
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thrashdeth wrote:
This is a fun album.
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MJ13MJ wrote:
best album by om......
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