Satanic Panic In The Attic, The Sunlandic Twins, Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer – all favorites of mine and all Of Montreal. You can now add Skeletal Lamping to the list. Of Montreal is a rare band that combine glam, soul, punk, house, electronica, funk, indie rock, and performance art all into one flaming cauldron of spectacle. Somehow it all seems to congeal into solid album after solid album. Skeletal Lamping has them picking up right where Hissing Fauna left off and that path seems to lead down to a bath of sexual innuendos and psychedelia (somehow I don’t see any of these songs popping up on an Outback commercial). Don’t let that ward you off….this Skeletal Lamping is an audio feast and worth every cent.
mp3: Of Montreal – For Our Elegant Caste
mp3: Of Montreal – Gallery Piece
i can’t believe 2008 is almost over. Of Montreal’s “Skeletal Lamping” was my fave album of the year. And I dug Dottie Alexander of Of Montreal’s awesome choices for best of 2008!
check out her top picks for the year as well as many others at erockster.com!
Agreed, my favorite album of the year too! More twists and turns with every listen.