Seemingly drawing as much from the English music hall tradition as from American pop acts like the Beach Boys, there's nothing else out there quite like the frenetic, utterly wacked-out pop these guys come up with. ![]() Of Montreal's trademark hyperactivity, and melodic yet off-kilter sensibility is possibly at its peak on Coquelicot. ![]() The songs on Coquelicot, though crammed full of saccharine pop hooks, display a level of complex structuring and arrangement that could put most pop records to shame. What sets this record apart from its predecessors, though, is a level of intricacy and detail that Of Montreal have never previously attained as a band. Of Montreal's music, and the bizarre artwork that accompanies it, plays like a surreal carnival- it can be beautiful, it can be fun, and it can also be weird and creepy.Ĭoquelicot, like most Of Montreal albums, is at times sublime and lovely, at times infuriatingly catchy, at times simply infuriating, at times overly twee, and at times seriously fucking scary. If you're familiar with the work of Athens popsters Of Montreal, the disconcerting mix of a feeling of imminent implosion and a nagging urge to draw pictures of smiling bunny rabbits I'm experiencing at the moment probably doesn't surprise you.
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