Of Montreal

"Well, it's not like we're on a crusade to make people more aware of the sixties or anything. But we are all heavily influenced by it, among other things."

- Kevin Barnes, Of Montreal

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(to put this photo in black and white would just be a shame)

It's not unusual that I stumble across a band or a musician that I grow to love over the course of time. It is, however, unusual that I come across a band that I feel pulled towards as if someone grabbed my by the shirt and gave a great tug. It's unusual that I feel thrown head over heels into their music. Of Montreal has accomplished this. I haven't even been listening to their music for a full twenty-four hours and already I'm dancing in circles singing Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse. While I'm sure some would contest that I can't give a very good opinion of the band after only hearing a handful of songs (around fifteen or twenty), I beg to differ. Although tragically, I have no words to describe Of Montreal. I've listened to them all day long and I'm simply left with a dry mouth, wishing I could salivate for more tracks, more lyrics, more music. All I can utter is to go listen to them for yourself (http://www.myspace.com/ofmontreal). The more and more I learn about the band, the pictures I see, the interviews I read, the more I become utterly enthralled with them. It's like I just swallowed a tab of ecstasy and have left Earth for some fantastic adventure in space. Kevin Barnes wardrobe or lack thereof (I read on a website that he performed naked once, pictures proved it) only adds to the magic. Performing atop a white horse? I don't think that can easily be beat. My favorite song so far has to be the afore mentiones Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse. Even more so do I love the video. I'm sure I'm going to have a lovely relationship with Of Montreal's music from hear on out. We'll never get a divorce.

Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse

I'm in a crisis/I need help/Come on mood shift shift back to good again/Come on be a friend

Nina twin is trying to help and I/Really hope that she suceeds/Though I picked the thorny path myself/I'm afraid/Afraid of where it leads

Chemicals don't strangle my pen/Chemicals don't make me sick again/I'm always so dubious of your intent/Like I can't afford to replace what you've spent

Nina twin is trying to help and I/Really hope she gets me straight/Cause my own inner cosmology/Has become too dense to navigate

Chemicals don't flatten my mind/Chemicals don't mess me up this time/Know you bait me way more than you should/And it's just like you to hurt me when I'm feeling good