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Album Review: Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping

Oct 17, 2008, 7:59am

Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping Polyvinyl, 2008 S keletal Lamping can be overwhelming. Ideas bloom and wither at an astounding pace, as if Kevin Barnes ignited a firework stand and recorded the spectacle. There are no segues. The arrangement of audio fragments in any one "song" seems completely arbitrary. However, the unpredictability becomes intoxicating. Cowboy twang becomes cacophonous noise becomes falsetto bliss symphony. Piano elegies are juxtaposed with filthy Boys II Men slow jamz. Barnes is endearingly sassy when he delivers his obscene come-ons, alternately [...]

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