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Of Montreal - Sled Island pics, new album info, tour dates
photos by Rae Holtsabum
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Divorce and mental illness are not often hallmarks of danceable indie rock records, but they played a big part on Of Montreal's critically acclaimed 2007 release, "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?"More pics from Sled Island day 4 (June 28, 2008) below....On "Skeletal Lamping," due Oct. 7 via Polyvinyl, "I've tried to incorporate more tension and dissonance, while still maintaining a super poppy sound," group leader Kevin Barnes tells Billboard. "I think the album is more bipolar than schizophrenic, though. I guess it represents its author more closely in that way." [BILLBOARD]
Of Montreal - 2008 Tour Dates
Jul 4 - Rothbury Festival Rothbury, Michigan
Aug 8 - OFF Festival Myslowice POLAND
Aug 9 - Field Day Festival London ENGLAND
Aug 10 - Summer Sundae Weekender Leicester ENGLAND
Oct 1 - of Montreal will do a U.S./european tour in Autumn 2008
Posted on July 3, 2008 1:04 PM
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Comments (14)
Good lord is this band ever terrible.
Posted by Anonymous | July 3, 2008 2:07 PM
this band has definitely gone off the deep-end artisticly lately, but they keep on putting out some really good albums (their last ep excluded). the fact that they've completely stopped playing anything before 'satanic panic in the attic' live bothers me though. 'the gay parade' is an indie classic and its a shame that they dont even play 'fun lovin' nun' although it would fit in their set
Posted by hipster poseur | July 3, 2008 2:18 PM
They continue to evolve musically and theatrically. Their entire catalogue is something to be absorbed and studied. I look forward to Skeletal Lamping.
Posted by Anonymous | July 3, 2008 3:11 PM
Skeletal Lamping is (gonna be) fantastic!
Posted by Eduardo | July 3, 2008 3:19 PM
http://www.lesinrocks.com/index.php?id=46&tx_extract[notule]=207924&tx_extract[backPid]=60&cHash=41aad366cf
sample!
Posted by Anonymous | July 3, 2008 3:42 PM
I am surprised no one has commented on the bald spot yet.
Posted by Anonymous | July 3, 2008 3:50 PM
good lord is this band ever terrible!
Posted by Anonymous | July 3, 2008 4:02 PM
Look for Ahmed Gallab of Sinkane on drums.
Posted by comoprozac | July 3, 2008 4:33 PM
indie bald spot.
Posted by Anonymous | July 4, 2008 12:16 AM
i think they've been shit for a while. and while theatricality is great, there eventually comes a point when it surpasses the actual music and just becomes bland as fuck and they've totally crossed that line.
Posted by Anonymous | July 4, 2008 4:54 PM
you idiot. Hissing Fauna was one of the best albums of 2007 by any person's evaluation, and they toured all year long. The show in March at Irving and in October at Roseland were terrific. Skeletal Lamping is going to be amazing.
Posted by Anonymous | July 4, 2008 5:17 PM
this show was fucking great, and so was their last album you guys are lame. Of montreal is sweet can't wait for the next one.
Posted by landon | July 8, 2008 1:23 AM
Yeah, I'm the opposite of the first few comments. I like the later albums much better than the earlier ones. They're more complex and Skeletal Lamping is going to be so complex, I don't know if even I will understand it.
Posted by Groupie Goldmine | July 8, 2008 10:30 PM
Skeletal Lamping is amazing! It's different from previous albums, lyric wise, and I can't wait to see them live!
Posted by LittleMiss | September 18, 2008 11:13 PM