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False Priest

of Montreal

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Of Montreal’s tenth release is dominated by glitzy, hooky, synth-funk in the vein of “I Feel Ya’ Strutter,” “Like a Tourist,” and “Girl Named Hello” with Kevin Barnes singing in a skittering multi-tracked falsetto that instantly brings to mind Prince (or a Prince parody). The songs run breathlessly from one glossy jam to the next, occasionally shifting gears as on the guitar-driven “Coquet Coquette” or the bitter ballad “Casualty of You.” It’s sprawling and dense, and chockfull of the oddball, stream-of-consciousness lyrics that Barnes favors. What makes this release different from previous albums is there seems to be a method behind the madness. Barnes is restless but not erratic. The songs are fuller and fleshed out and sound more crafted and less like a frenzied collage of ideas. Many even contain catchy sing-along choruses. Mostly though the album is pure adrenaline fun with a hint of underlying doom — you know the party is nearly over but not quite yet. In the end, False Priest straddles the moment between Saturday night’s cathartic release and the inevitable Sunday morning letdown.

Customer Reviews

What ever happened to to the old of Montreal

Let's face it skeletal lamping sort of sucked, and this album is worse, it seems like Kevin Barnes is slowly taking on the identity of a tranny. i miss the old albums, i understand that they are trying to re-invent themselves, but come on! These songs are just getting f****** weird.

Who's with me??

strange,

strange, yes, but the good kind

Another quality album from Of Montreal

Upon first listening to this album I was a little dissapointed, but upon second listen I started really liking all the songs, even the ones I wrote off the first time around. Now I really like this album. The same thing happened to me with Skeletal Lamping, which I originally was very dissapointed with because I love Hissing Fauna, but after repeated listening Skeletal Lamping is right up there with Hissing Fauna for me. I think that's just the way Of Montreal are. They are constantly evolving their sound in subtle yet substantial ways and it's a little easy to be put off by new albums upon first listen. But after repeated listening you realize it's still the same awesome band and the quality of the song craft shines through. This is a very good album. Well done.

Biography

Formed: Athens, GA

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

The brainchild of singer/guitarist Kevin Barnes, Of Montreal was among the second wave of bands to emerge from the sprawling Elephant 6 collective. A native of Athens, Georgia, Barnes was inspired to form the euphoric indie pop group in the wake of a broken romance with a woman from Montreal. He signed with Bar/None Records while living in Florida, subsequently moved to Cleveland and Minneapolis in search of compatible bandmates,...
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