ZACH THAT:
We're rolling out a new and exciting section here called Save Five. What this entails is picking five tracks from a band's discography to save if they were all about to disappear. Pretty simple, yet fun stuff. To add to this list insanity is the catch where we add the take of a guest blogger to each Save Five list (we're trying to include bloggers who love the band we're doing and use them as a superior guide to the band's entire work.) This week we are saving five tracks from Of Montreal's discography that started in 1997 with "Cherry Peel" and will see its eleventh LP, Skeletal Lamping, drop this October 7th.
Our guest blogger is Matt, a huge Of Montreal fan and creator of one of my favorite music blogs, You Ain't No Picasso.
MATT'S FIVE:
Though I had other loves before this song, "Nickee Coco" was the one that made me realize how deep Kevin Barnes' talent runs. The song not only paints an endearing story worthy of a childrens' book, its outro never fails to tug on my heartstrings.
I was positively dumbstruck when I heard this live version of Of Montreal's new song "Feminine Effects." It's "Rock n Roll Suicide" and "After the Goldrush" with the soul of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
I've got to say that I miss the piano from the early days of Of Montreal records. Kevin keeps "Penelope" carefree and heartfelt at the same time, even amid its many stops and starts.
The song's so charmingly endearing that I pray it's about a real cousin. It turns a mundane hello to a relative into one of the best pop songs of the new millennium.
Admittedly, this song took a few month to take hold with me. Now it's become one of my favorites of theirs -- and one that I think will have the longest life.
ZACH'S FIVE:
There are so many amazing tracks on SPITA that I felt it was hard to pick one since I could have five overall tracks from Of Montreal’s discography (would have trouble picking top five SPITA tracks alone). Rapture basically summarizes that entire albums sound for me and has such a catchy way about it...the song is the cool kid everyone wants to hang out with.
This song is what gave our generation ADD. Yes, the song is all over the place, but Kevin Barnes and Company have complete control over the twist and turns of this roller coaster of a song.
If you’ve been introduced to Of Montreal late in their discography, please go back and check out the amazing tracks on Cherry Peel. It’s their genius stripped down to it’s most simplistic form and without the sometime blinding glitter of their new synth-disco added sound (don’t get me wrong, love that sound too.) The Late B.P Helium’s guitar work on this song is so very clever…I had to add it to the list.
Of Montreal shows off with a bubbly pop rock riff and Barnes sings about the pretensions in the art (hipster) community. What’s not to like?
My favorite. An indie rock classic.
Next week we will be doing the My Morning Jacket with the Louisville darling site BackseatSandbar. If you're a music blogger and have a favorite band then leave a comment and you can be a guest blogger for our Save Five section.
2 comments:
Is is just me or do the mp3 links not work? Fantastic post, though. I love of Montreal!
They were up and running, I guess our file holder locked us out. I'll try to re-post them soon, sorry for the wait.
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