I’ve never been much of an Of Montreal fan, but I’m currently in love with their video for “Wraith Pinned To The Mist & Other Games”. It follows the psychedelic, Yellow Submarine-esque, slightly violent journey of little square-bodied cartoon characters and friends. Love the purple one’s dance moves at the end (3rd from the right!).

mp3: Of Montreal – Wraith Pinned To The Mist & Other Games – The Sunlandic Twins (2005)

The same friend who turned me on to this absurdist video, also got me into a great site called The Lost Art of the Mixtape. Through their mix of Of Montreal tunes, I found this gem.

mp3: Of Montreal – Disconnect The Dots (mixel pix) – Satanic Twins (2006)

The style of their music still doesn’t entirely capture me, but… as it often seems to be, there can be things you quite like hiding around the corner from a band you thought you disliked.

Said style is theatrical techno-pop glam, one that seems to have changed over the years from a more quirky, indie pop sound. They also tend to fuse gloomy lyrics speaking to apathy, loneliness and death, with bouncy, upbeat melodies and hooks. Certainly, the music is catchy in some bizarre, deranged, and fantastical way.

One more tune. Listen to “She’s a Rejector”, just to hear Kevin Barnes sing the following:

There’s the girl that left me bitter
Want to pay some other girl
To walk up to her and hit her

mp3: Of Montreal – She’s a Rejector – Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (2007)

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Satanic Twins (2006) | Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? (2007)