Kevin Barnes, the always colorful frontman for Of Montreal, has taken to the band’s Myspace blog to talk about their upcoming record, Skeletal Lamping, due out in October.

i wanted to make an album that was unpredictable and, at times,startling, yet always hummable and catchy. some of the transitions are intentionally awkward. i did this to keep the listener off guard and to dismantle people’s perception of how an album is supposed to be constructed. i am so bored with art that makes sense and “works”. i wanted to do somethings that didn’t “work”. very few things pique our interest while they are working as we expect them to, things are far more interesting when they are not working. shocking people though, just for the sake of it, is so mundane. nothing on Skeletal Lamping was intended to shock. i just feel that,in most contemporary songs, you can basically finish the artist’s sentences,musically and lyrically. i wanted to make an album where that was not possible.

All this talk about “art” has gotten me hungry. Who wants Outback?

4 Responses to “Of Montreal Blogs About New Record”

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   On 06/11/08 12:54 PM, Josh Mock said:

   It’s kind of crazy how much Barnes and I think alike on that subject. I wish I had his creative output though.

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   On 06/11/08 3:04 PM, Dylan said:

   “Play Outback Tonight!”

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   On 06/11/08 3:36 PM, Jay DiNitto said:

   Good for him, but musicians have made careers out of nonsensicalish music for a while now (Zappa, McLaughlin, Meshuggah).

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   On 12/18/08 9:39 PM, BUZZGRINDER » Sean’s Top 10 Album List of 2008 said:

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