Skeletal Lamping

Rolling Stone (p.78) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "A soulful romp through psychedelic melodies and sprawling noise-scapes, SKELETAL is also a whimsical, Girl Talk-style pastiche, with 15 tracks that consist of a multitude of song fragments." Rolling Stone (p.96) - Ranked #47 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "[A] riveting journey through Day-Glo disco and funk." Entertainment Weekly (p.101) - "LAMPING takes things further than ever, exploring an assortment of explicit fantasies via elaborate multipart suites on which Barnes plays virtually every instrument." Alternative Press (p.138) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Continuing the high-density electro-disco shimmy, Kevin Barnes & Co. throw even more unexpected turns and infectious melodies into their newest crop of oddball love/lust ditties." Magnet (p.116) - "The album's sound is a more intricate remix of FAUNA's futurama, another hyperbaric disco chamber filled with tech-noodling beats backing pop operettas..." CMJ - "One track sometimes appears to contain three individual songs, but they are all expertly sewn together to create a colorful patchwork." Blender (Magazine) (p.74) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Of Montreal turn Barnes's fragmented melodies into fizzy faux-funk, self-loathing piano balladry and shout-outs to old-school disco." URB (p.84) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Of Montreal's pretentious compound syllables titillate mind and body..."

ジョージアが生んだUSインディー界のカリスマ、存在そのものがポップ・アート化しつつあるオブ・モントリオールの9作目。ジャケどおりお祭りムード溢れるカラフルな本作は、サイケ～ダンス～グラムの要素を自由に操り、曲構成は予測不能!　言うなれば、バンド史上もっともゴチャ混ぜなのだ。また、気難しい乙女心を表現しちゃうなど、歌詞の題材も幅広いの何のって!　ファンタスティックな音世界にいますぐあなたもGO!
bounce (C)小泉 いな子