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of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins


Now I'll admit that in the long run, I probably prefer the older, wackier, psychadellier of Montreal, but I loved last year's pop masterpiece Satanic Panic In The Attic as much as the next guy. So when Kevin Barnes decided to jump from the 60's aesthetic up to some late-70's/early-to-mid-80's disco/new wave stuff for The Sunlandic Twins, I was filled with glee. This glee was welcomed with open arms by the first single, "So Begins Our Alabee," with is sweeping keyboards and driving tonal rhythm. Of course, the over-your-head psychadelic styled lyrics are still there. Kevin can't take those away, can he? "The chrysalis is breaking and the super ego’s waking. I’ve been a gloomy Petrarch with a quill as weepy as Dido" I feel like I need a refresher in whatever mythology or folklore he's referencing there!
But that's the single, I thought, it can't all be that good, can it? Well, I was delighted to be proven wrong by "Oslo In The Summertime," which promised to be the exciting sequel to my favorite track from Satanic..., "Lysergic Bliss." The grooving melody is just so simplistic and rhythmic, you don't know whether to grind gently against the person you love or curl up in a ball and just enjoy your warmth, but its the chorus that really sells me, the distorted proclamation "Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba!"

So Begins Our Alabee MP3
Oslo In The Summertime MP3

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