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Of Montreal announce new EP

By | Published on Tuesday 8 March 2011

Of Montreal

Of Montreal are set to release a new five track “protest” EP ‘thecontrollersphere’ through Polyvinyl Records on 25 Apr. The band’s longstanding art director David Barnes is also publishing a book of album and conceptual art called ‘What’s Weird’ on the same day.

To get a taster, the band have offered up a free download of EP-opener ‘Black Lion Massacre’ here: iheartvinyl.polyvinylrecords.com/em/blacklionmassacre

So far, so reasonably normal. Now refer to frontman Kevin Barnes’ accompanying ‘mission statement’ for a full, frank, and rather odd commentary on the new material. “Here’s your folk record”, he declares. “It is my hope that you can tolerate listening to this short EP in one sitting and appreciate it like a fine dining experience. Furthermore, the force that threw the green fuse anointed this protest album. It is a protest statement against the pneuma possessive. In fact, this album is the voice of a desirous spirit that is aware of its positive zero chance of fulfillment or salvation or respite”.

He continues: “Here are many noisy moments that represent my attempt to communicate, in a sub human language, all that cannot be expressed with our earth tongue and all manners of mouth mechanisms. This little EP is a freak out record, have you ever seen anyone dancing to folk music? Well, like my fellow folk singing brother Bob Dylan once said: ‘I’d dance with you Maria, but my hands are on fire'”.

He finishes on a note of doubtful nihilism: “Though, in this case, the world is roughly one year from extinction… or not”.

Well, that all makes perfect sense… or not.



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