Psychedelic pop indie pop neo psychedelia.
Of montreal satanic panic in the attic review.
Kevin barnes is perfect as an indie pop singer and the lyrics are always cheerful and usually interesting and funny.
To be able to create a record as open hearted and musically direct and great as this without sacrificing much of the inspiration and sound that first made the band worth hearing is quite a feat.
Hearing barnes sing about grøttland somehow a part of every of montreal album lyrically or otherwise since satanic panic in the attic anchors aureate gloom in reality.
Satanic panic in the attic an album by of montreal.
Of montreal s satanic panic in the attic is barely a classic but that s certainly not a bad thing.
Satanic panic in the attic is probably the first of montreal record that doesn t sound like you need a special decoder ring to figure out what is going on the first record that you can imagine people outside of the elephant 6 web ring buying and actually listening to with pleasure.
Sometimes the lyrics discuss pretty odd and disgusting topics the worst offender is chrissie kiss the corpse which is.
This is sun soaked psychedelic pop for the connoisseurs.
If there were ever an obvious shift in sound satanic panic in the attic would be a particularly poignant example.
Psych album of the week.
Satanic panic in the attic by of montreal.
Kevin barnes aka text songwriting role id 1410 aka text vocals instruments producer recording engineer aka text mixing role id 1327 aka text heather mcintosh cello sara kirkpatrick flute james.
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Of montreal s sixth studio effort comes two years removed from their relative disappointment aldhils arboretum a relatively long span for a group willing to consistently churn out new material.
Released 6 april 2004 on polyvinyl catalog no.
Satanic panic in the attic is idiosyncratic without being hokey and although the band has been stiffed recognition for the consistency of their previous work this album should make the group much more difficult to ignore.
Of montreal s satanic panic in the attic is barely a classic but that s certainly not a bad thing.
Of montreal s most focused and powerful sounding record yet.
Kevin barnes is perfect as an indie pop singer and the lyrics are always cheerful and usually interesting and funny.