Title: Coquelicot asleep in the poppies: A variety of whimsical verse
Artiste: Of Montreal
Genre: Indie/Psych/****ing Weird
Track 1 (Love) Meh, it's a bit poppy/Beatles with a little early Supertramp. Bit light, but we'll see
Track 2 (Love) Middle part is nice, the instrumental stuff
Track 3 (Hate) This is just stupid
Track 4 (Hate) Kind of a Divine Comedy feel to this in part; the repeated part has made me change it from Love to Hate though.
Track 5 (Hate) Too damn whimsical by far. Just annoying.
Track 6 (Love) Forty-three seconds of piano. This I can get behind.
Track 7 (Hate) This however I can't. Just silly and again, very annoying.
Track 8 (Love) This one is nice. Love the violins.
Track 9 (Hate) Nah, don't like this one. At all. Too disjointed, trying to force so much into one less than four-minute song. Give it a rest.
Track 10 (Love) Kinda like this one, has an early ELO feel to it
Track 11 (Love) More piano, more frenetic this time. Another instrumental
Track 12 (Love) Sort of a weird jazzy feel to this. Quite nice, and another instrumental. Oh, no it isn't. (Oh yes it is!) No, seriously, it's not.
Track 13 (Love) A completely spoken one; like this, even if it's completely loopy (like, what about this album isn't?)
Track 14 (Hate) Almost completely rips off the title from
Sgt Pepper's at the beginning but again jumps all over the place. I'm going cross-eared, if such a thing is possible. And in Kevin Barnes' world, it probably is.
Track 15 (Love) Nice slow laidback track, nice piano
Track 16 (Love) This one's ok. Where does this guy get his titles? Odd ending. Why did I even say that? Nothing about this album is normal!
Track 17 (Love) This is a simple but very fun track
Track 18 (Love) Very Beach Boys but I like it. Yeah, I said the BB word...
Track 19 (Hate) It's a bit meh really
Track 20 (Hate) Again, this is just stupid. I mean, really ****ing stupid.
Track 21 (Love) This is just lovely, dreamy and very relaxing.
Track 22 (Love) Mostly piano instrumental, very classical idea in it, almost chamber music to be honest. A daring closer certainly.
End result: Despite all the Love above, I really don't like this album. It's so weird and out there, I feel like it makes
The Lamb look grounded and straighforward in comparison. I felt like I was being treated something like a child here, being told fairy tales. The music's ok but in general I get the feeling Barnes is either trying to be too clever or is just off his head. Also, forcing me to colour in twenty-two lines (tracks) has not made this album any friends with me.
So, Love or Hate? On balance I would have to go with
Hate. Sorry.
Chances of a full review: 0/10