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New LP from Of Montreal

Article written by Paul M - Jun 18, 2010

Of Montreal

News of a new LP from US psychedelic popsters Of Montreal. Here's the press release:

Kevin Barnes, leader of US psychedelic pop band of Montreal, has revealed several details about their forthcoming new album in an exclusive interview with Pitchfork. Speaking to the site yesterday, Barnes confirmed that ‘False Priest’ will be released in autumn on Polyvinyl Records and after initially being recorded at his home studio in Athens, Georgia was reworked in LA with producer Jon Brion (Kanye West). So-called as the record explores Barnes’ twin notions of “suspicion of the Catholic Church” from his upbringing and “a sense of a false policing of yourself, or your psyche”, ‘False Priest’ will also feature previously reported guest appearances from RnB stars Solange Knowles and Janelle Monae

In light of these recent collaborations, Barnes expands on the funkier direction of the record:

“There's a thick R&B influence, so it's cool that we have a lot of deep low end. Basically, every song has a lot more low-end information than I've ever used before. We're trying to make a record that has similar low end to records like ‘The Low End Theory’ by A Tribe Called Quest and even, to some degree, stuff like Dr. Dre. That was the goal: To make something that had that low end but also was my thing, an of Montreal record. So it's different. Most indie-pop records don't have that low end.”

For more about ‘False Priest’ including of Montreal’s plans to take ‘False Priest’ on the road with Janelle Monae, read the full interview here: http://pitchfork.com/news/39181-of-montreals-kevin-barnes-talks-new-album-tour-with-janelle-monae/

In other of Montreal news, Kevin Barnes has re-envisioned their epic 12 minute freakout ‘The Past Is A Grotesque Animal’ with Nick Zinner on guitar and members of The Moonrats on a limited edition 12”. The track from was originally reworked for Spike Jonze latest short film "I'm Here", in which a fake robot band called The Lost Trees perform the song. The A-side features the album version of the track from 2007's ‘Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?’ as re-mastered by John Golden (Nirvana, Sonic Youth) and the re-imagined version appears on the b-side.

Polyvinyl have pressed 500 copies of the track on 180-gram light blue vinyl with a hand silk-screened jacket designed by Gemini Tactics aka Nina Barnes.

All pre-orders will be shipped from the 16th July and receive an instant MP3 download of both songs at checkout, pre-order it here

Links:
http://www.myspace.com/ofmontreal