Biography

Arguably the breakout band of Athens, Georgia's "Elephant 6" collective, Of Montreal is essentially Floridian songwriter Kevin Barnes plus an assorted collection of backing artists. Mining the melodic, mildly psychedelic vein of the WHITE ALBUM-era Beatles, Barnes composes striking short-form tone poems that, despite some rather downcast lyrics, manage to be catchy, upbeat, and utterly unique. Barnes's 2007 release, HISSING FAUNA, ARE YOU THE DESTROYER, his musical chronicle of a depressive episode, topped many critics' best-of lists.

Top Tracks

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• A Question For Emily Foreman

• An Eluardian Instance

• City Bird

• Climb The Ladder

• Coquet Couette

• Disconnect The Dots

• Disguises

• Dour Percentage

• Dustin Hoffman Gets A Bath

• Dustin Hoffman Offers Lame Possible Explanation For Missing ...

• Dustin Hoffman Thinks About Eating The Soap

• Everything Disappears When You Come Around

• Famine Affair

• First Time High

• Fun Loving Nun

• Gallery Piece

• Good Morning Mr. Edminton

• Happy Yellow Bumblebee

• Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse

• Holiday Call

• I Can't Stop Your Memory

• I Feel Ya' Strutter

• I Was Never Young

• In Dreams I Dance With You

• Inside A Room Full Of Treasures A Black Pygmy Horse's Head Pops Up ...

• Jacques Lamure

• Kid Without Claws

• Knight Rider

• L' Age D'or

• Maple Licorice

• Mimi Merlot

• Mingusings

• My, What A Strange Day With A Swede

• No Conclusion

• Nonpareil Of Wisdom

• On The Drive Home

• Pancakes For One

• Panda Bear

• Peacock Parasols

• Please Tell Me So

• Rose Robert

• She's A Rejecter

• Sink The Seine

• Sleeping In The Beetle Bug

• Spoonful Of Sugar

• Suffer For Fashion

• The Autobiographical Grandpa

• The Miniature Philosopher

• The Party's Crashing Us

• The Problem With April

• Voltaic Crusher/undrum To Muted Da

• Was Your Face A Head In The Pillow Case?

• Ye, Renew The Plaintiff

• You Are An Airplane

• Your Magic Is Working

Discography

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• Paralytic Stalks

  ADA / Polyvinyl

  2012

• False Priest

  Polyvinyl

  2010

• Skeletal Lamping

  Polyvinyl

  2008

• Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

  Polyvinyl

  2007

• The Sunlandic Twins

  Polyvinyl

  2005

• Satanic Panic in the Attic

  Polyvinyl

  2004

• If He Is Protecting Our Nation... Who Is Protecting Big Oil, Our Children?

  Track & Field

  2003

• Aldhils Arboretum

  Kindercore

  2002

• Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse

  Kindercore

  2001

• The Gay Parade

  Bar/None

  1999

• The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy

  Kindercore

  1998

• Cherry Peel

  Bar/None

  1997

• The Bird Who Continues to Eat the Rabbit's Flower

  Kindercore

  1997