| of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
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4.0 excellent | DocSportello | January 15th 11 | Accidental classics come about every once in a while. of Montreal's Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer is, in my book, a fine example of one. Kevin Barnes, ringleader of the theatrical Athens-based collective, penned the majority of these tracks in depression-induced exile while holed up in Norway. We're all familiar with these sad-musician fables: Bon Iver did it with For Emma, Forever Ago, yielding enormously positive results. Barnes, I think, was equally inspired to produce a document of misery, but he most certainly lost himself in doing so. Although subsequent albums reveal that Mr. Barnes' sex driven insanity may be beyond the point of remedy, there will always be Hissing Fauna - proof that the same nasty seed that spawned shit like Skeletal Lamping also gave the world a John Merrick, a misunderstood elephant man who put the words you always felt but never could articulate in your mouth for you.
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5.0 classic | Anthracks | August 30th 13 | Doesn't quite reach the heights of Hissing Fauna.
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5.0 classic | IsildursBane44 | April 27th 22 | Kevin Barnes may actually be insane. He is David Bowie and Prince for the Indie world.
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3.5 great | Introu1 | November 26th 21 | The first 7 songs are carrying this album, even if the rest isnt tath bad, just average 3,6/5
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5.0 classic | Sam C. | October 11th 18 | One of the few records in recent memory that has really gotten me in a good mood. A lot of the time music is an emotional release of negativity for me but this album is just such a fun ride from beginning to end. Bleak, sad lyrics, with a jangly synth pop sound.
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4.0 excellent | Worth C | March 23rd 18 | Arguably the best Of Montreal album, Hissing Fauna brings together absurd by emotionally gripping lyricism with some good funky grooves and bright production for a wacky weird good time
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0.0 | peacebone | June 26th 16 | Relistened yesterday. The first 7 tracks are fucking amazing. The album does drop off a little bit after "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal", though.
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4.5 superb | teoferrazzi | January 19th 11 | nothing comes close to how amazingly inventive and twisted this record is.
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3.0 good | EverAdrift | July 15th 10 | The first half of the album is one of the catchiest things you'll ever hear. Scratch that; you'll never hear anything quite as catchy as the first five songs on this album. Unfortunately, the second half of the album is something of a bizarre mini-concept album which sounds like some awful reinterpretation of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Cut the second half of the album and call this an EP and I'd have ranked it higher.
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