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Album by of Montreal

2007 studio album past of Montreal

Hissing Brute, Are You the Destroyer?
Studio album by of Montreal
Released	January 7, 2007
Recorded	January 2005 - March 2006
Genre	Indie pop glam rock art pop experimental pop neo-psychedelia
Length	51:22 (CD) 68:32 (LP)
Label	Polyvinyl
Producer	Kevin Barnes
Of Montreal chronology
Satanic Twins (2006) Hissing Fauna, Are Y'all the Destroyer? (2007) Icons, Abstract Thee (2007)
Singles from Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
"Faberge Falls for Shuggie" Released: December five, 2006 "She's a Rejecter" Released: December 5, 2006 "Heimdalsgate Similar a Promethean Curse" Released: January 23, 2007 "Suffer for Fashion" Released: July 17, 2007 "The Past Is a Grotesque Fauna" Released: July 27, 2010

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[ii]
The A.V. Society	B[three]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
The Guardian	[5]
Los Angeles Times	[half-dozen]
NME	vii/x[vii]
Pitchfork	8.7/10[eight]
Q	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Spin	[xi]

Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? is the eighth album by American indie popular band of Montreal, released on January vii, 2007. The album was written, performed, and recorded by Kevin Barnes, with assist from friends and family: prominent Elephant Vi members Bryan Poole, Jamey Huggins and Heather McIntosh, as well equally Barnes' wife Nina Grottland, credited every bit Nina Twin, and daughter Alabee Barnes, credited as Alabee Blonde. Credits also feature Georgie Fruit, a glam rock modify ego of Barnes.

Background [edit]

Barnes has described the album as a concept album, detailing their transformation from Kevin Barnes into Georgie Fruit. Georgie Fruit exists as Kevin Barnes' modify ego, which they volition assume for the concluding half of the album, as well as the two subsequent LPs, Skeletal Lamping and Faux Priest. According to "Labyrinthian Pomp," Georgie Fruit is a "night mutation for my demented by time." The transformation takes identify during "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal," the 12-infinitesimal-long "turning point" of the album. In addition, the album namechecks many things ordinarily associated with glam rock, such as drugs, fine art and fashion; "The By Is a Grotesque Animal" alludes to Edward Albee's play Who'southward Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and specifically mentions Georges Bataille's novella Story of the Eye.

Barnes credits their being prescribed antidepressants with the making of the anthology. "The existent effect was a chemical matter, and then when I finally got on medication, that balanced it out. And then that helped me take a better perspective on things and helped my relationship with my wife and helped me through [the album]."^[12] "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse", the album's showtime single, chronicles their struggle with chemical imbalance and mood disorders.

Track listing [edit]

All songs written by Kevin Barnes.

1. "Endure for Fashion" – 2:59
2. "Sink the Seine" – 1:04
3. "Cato as a Pun" – three:02
4. "Heimdalsgate Similar a Promethean Curse" – iii:eighteen
5. "Gronlandic Edit" – 3:24
6. "A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger" – 4:54
7. "The By Is a Grotesque Brute" – 11:52
8. "Bunny Ain't No Kind of Rider" – 3:51
9. "Faberge Falls for Shuggie" – 4:31
10. "Labyrinthian Pomp" – 3:21
11. "She's a Rejecter" – four:02
12. "We Were Born the Mutants Again with Leafling" – 4:57

Bonus tracks on Australian edition [edit]

13. "She Fell in Dearest" – 2:21
    • An alternate title for "Du Og Meg", based on the first line of the song.
14. "Voltaic Crusher" – 2:04

Bonus tracks on double vinyl release [edit]

The double vinyl release of the album contains the twelve tracks on the commencement iii sides. The fourth side contains 4 bonus tracks, which can besides be found on the EP Icons, Abstract Thee.

13. "Du Og Meg" – ii:21
14. "Voltaic Crusher/Undrum to Muted Da" – 2:04
15. "Derailments in a Place of Our Own" – 3:03
16. "No Decision" – nine:42

Charts [edit]

Album [edit]

Year	Chart	Position
2007	The Billboard 200	72
2007	Billboard Tiptop Independent Albums	2

References [edit]

1. ^ "Reviews for Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? by Of Montreal". Metacritic. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
2. ^ McClintock, J. Scott. "Hissing Fauna, Are Y'all the Destroyer? – Of Montreal". AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
3. ^ Gordon, Scott (January 23, 2007). "Of Montreal: Hissing Beast, Are You lot The Destroyer?". The A.V. Club . Retrieved May 31, 2016.
4. ^ Greenblatt, Leah (January 19, 2007). "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?". Amusement Weekly. Archived from the original on Oct thirteen, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
5. ^ Costa, Maddy (February nine, 2007). "Of Montreal, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?". The Guardian . Retrieved May 31, 2016.
6. ^ Powers, Ann (January 27, 2007). "Sleepless nights and singalongs". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved May 31, 2016.
7. ^ Pattison, Louis (February 9, 2007). "Of Montreal: Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?". NME. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
8. ^ Mitchum, Rob (January 24, 2007). "Of Montreal: Hissing Fauna, Are Y'all the Destroyer?". Pitchfork . Retrieved May 31, 2016.
9. ^ "Of Montreal: Hissing Animate being, Are You the Destroyer?". Q (248): 115. March 2007.
10. ^ Hoard, Christian (January 22, 2007). "Of Montreal: Hissing Creature, Are You The Destroyer?". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 2, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
11. ^ Ganz, Caryn (February 2007). "Of Montreal: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?". Spin. 23 (ii): 85. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
12. ^ Rob Mitchum, Please Mr. Pharmacist: The New Brood of Drug Song, Pitchfork, March 12, 2007.

External links [edit]

• Pitchfork Media article

johnsonrigook44.blogspot.com

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