Friday, May 6, 2011

of Montreal

Add Date: May 3 

Artist: of Montreal 

Album: Thecontrollersphere EP 

Label: Polyvinyl 

Genre: Pop 

Comments: The only thing that you can really expect from of Montreal at this point is something at least slightly unexpected. Their latest EP, Thecontrollersphere, is just that--a blend of the group's familiar spacey and weird pop, and an introduction to a new sound, full of heavy, industrial beats (most evident on track 1). Despite the generally less-than-FCC friendly lyrics (but when has Kevin Barnes been anything else except wildly suggestive?), it's a steller of Montreal EP, and track 5--"Slave Translator"--is a fantastic exemplifier of the group's sound: falsetto vocals mixed with harmony of bursts of energy, constant tempo shifts, and spastic rhythms, all breaking down into a whirlpool of noise.

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