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Album Review: Skeletal Lamping

Sep 17, 2008, 3:02pm

It was the sales pitch of the year: for Of Montreal's next album, Skeletal Lamping , Kevin Barnes would be eschewing traditional songcraft, instead of utilizing dozens of short, interlocked musical pieces. It sounded bold, audacious, and most of all, the logical next step for a band as scatterbrained as Of Montreal. When the track listing was announced this summer, I was disappointed to see that it included fifteen standard-length tracks; our hopes of a most innovative record had seemingly been dashed. But from the very first listen, it is clear [...]

Of Montreal - Id Engager

Artist: Of Montreal
Title: Id Engager
Link Text: Id Engager
File Name: 15-id-engager-1.mp3
Bitrate: 192 kbps

Artists: Of Montreal

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