Of Montreal reveal new album details + Nick Zinner collaboration on
‘The Past Is A Grotesque Animal’ limited 12”
Kevin Barnes, leader of US psychedelic pop band of Montreal, has
revealed several details about their forthcoming new album in an
exclusive interview with Pitchfork. Speaking to the site yesterday,
Barnes confirmed that ‘False Priest’ will be released in autumn on
Polyvinyl Records and after initially being recorded at his home
studio in Athens, Georgia was reworked in LA with producer Jon Brion
(Kanye West). So-called as the record explores Barnes’ twin notions of
“suspicion of the Catholic Church” from his upbringing and “a sense of
a false policing of yourself, or your psyche”, ‘False Priest’ will
also feature previously reported guest appearances from RnB stars
Solange Knowles and Janelle Monae
In light of these recent collaborations, Barnes expands on the funkier
direction of the record:
“There's a thick R&B influence, so it's cool that we have a lot of
deep low end. Basically, every song has a lot more low-end information
than I've ever used before. We're trying to make a record that has
similar low end to records like ‘The Low End Theory’ by A Tribe Called
Quest and even, to some degree, stuff like Dr. Dre. That was the goal:
To make something that had that low end but also was my thing, an of
Montreal record. So it's different. Most indie-pop records don't have
that low end.”
For more about ‘False Priest’ including of Montreal’s plans to take
‘False Priest’ on the road with Janelle Monae, read the full interview
here: http://pitchfork.com/news/39181-of-montreals-kevin-barnes-talks-new-album-tour-with-janelle-monae/
In other of Montreal news, Kevin Barnes has re-envisioned their epic
12 minute freakout ‘The Past Is A Grotesque Animal’ with Nick Zinner
on guitar and members of The Moonrats on a limited edition 12”. The
track from was originally reworked for Spike Jonze latest short film
"I'm Here", in which a fake robot band called The Lost Trees perform
the song. The A-side features the album version of the track from
2007's ‘Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?’ as re-mastered by John
Golden (Nirvana, Sonic Youth) and the re-imagined version appears on
the b-side.
Polyvinyl have pressed 500 copies of the track on 180-gram light blue
vinyl with a hand silk-screened jacket designed by Gemini Tactics aka
Nina Barnes.
All pre-orders will be shipped from the 16th July and receive an
instant MP3 download of both songs at checkout, pre-order it here: http://www.polyvinylrecords.com/store/index.php?id=1184
More details on ‘False Priest’ are to follow.
For more information on of Montreal please contact Debbie@createspark.co.uk
