No. 28: Of Montreal

Of Montreal is an indie pop band from Athens, Georgia, lead by front man Kevin Barnes, who is the only member from the original band. They have seen some major turnover that would make companies like Careerbuilder.com blush -- there are six former members since 1997. Barnes named the band after a breakup with a woman from, you guessed it, Montreal.

The last album Skeletal Lamping was written from the perspective of Kevin Barnes' alter ego, Georgie Fruit, who is a black transsexual. So, as you can guess, all of their songs are very glam pop rock with a touch of soul. It reminds me of Prince meets MGMT. However I think it's missing something that makes it special or unique. They have already put out a whopping 9 albums with the 10th, False Priest, coming out in 2010. Maybe the new album will have that little something extra that will take them to the next level.

1997 Cherry Peel
1998 The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy
1999 The Gay Parade
2001 Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse
2002 Aldhils Arboretum
2004 Satanic Panic in the Attic
2005 The Sunlandic Twins
2007 Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
2008 Skeletal Lamping

They're playing opposite of Andrew Bird on Friday at Lollapalooza so I will not be checking them out. I'll be interested to hear the reviews on the live performance.

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