The Song Of Montreal
Of Montreal was born in Athens, Georgia in 1996. To start off, the band had one member, Kevin Barnes. Since 1996 the band underwent many changes in members, recording labels and musical context. Kevin Barnes had entirely wrote and recorded the first album, Cherry Peel on his own before even presenting it to the rest of the band, as he did with many albums to follow. Kevin had sent some of the tracks on Cherry Peel to a recording label called Bar/None Records, who had loved the songs and requested Kevin send more. The first show played by Of Montreal was at a place called the 40 Watt Club, with two other members of the band, Derek Almstead, and Bryan Poole. Since Cherry Peel, the band has recorded 19 more albums, all different from the next,
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It featured songs like “Happy Yellow Bumble Bee”, which is about the life of a bee and every day challenges a bee must face. Another album that explored day-dream like situations is Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies in 2001. This album contained stories in song form about various make believe people like “Good Morning Mr. Edminton” and “An Introduction for Isabelle”. The album takes on more of a story like form that could remind one of Charles Dickens, a Victorian-era author. A previous album that is much like Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies is The Gay Parade with “Tulip Baroo” and “My Favorite Boxer”. Both songs are, again, about invented people living their lives, and how the singer feels about these people.
The first album that debuted the new style was Hissing Fauna: Are you the Destroyer in 2007, which could be classified as a break-up album. The centerpiece of this album is the song “The Past is a Grotesque Animal” that put an emphasis on the actual divorce and feelings towards is ex-wife, Nina. Another important album to mention is Lousy with Sylvianbriar that was recorded in 2013. The first song the album is “Fugitive Air” which is about how the singer, Kevin, feels his negative qualities, which had not been mentioned in previous albums until Hissing Fauna: Are you the
It featured songs like “Happy Yellow Bumble Bee”, which is about the life of a bee and every day challenges a bee must face. Another album that explored day-dream like situations is Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies in 2001. This album contained stories in song form about various make believe people like “Good Morning Mr. Edminton” and “An Introduction for Isabelle”. The album takes on more of a story like form that could remind one of Charles Dickens, a Victorian-era author. A previous album that is much like Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies is The Gay Parade with “Tulip Baroo” and “My Favorite Boxer”. Both songs are, again, about invented people living their lives, and how the singer feels about these people.
The first album that debuted the new style was Hissing Fauna: Are you the Destroyer in 2007, which could be classified as a break-up album. The centerpiece of this album is the song “The Past is a Grotesque Animal” that put an emphasis on the actual divorce and feelings towards is ex-wife, Nina. Another important album to mention is Lousy with Sylvianbriar that was recorded in 2013. The first song the album is “Fugitive Air” which is about how the singer, Kevin, feels his negative qualities, which had not been mentioned in previous albums until Hissing Fauna: Are you the