Of Montreal: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

CML call number: CD ROCK Of
Contents: Suffer for fashion -- Sink the Seine -- Cato as a pun -- Heimdalsgate like a Promethean curse -- Gronlandic edit -- Sentence of sorts in Kongsvinger -- Past is a grotesque animal -- Bunny ain't no kind of rider -- Faberge falls for Shuggie -- Labyrinthian pomp -- She's a rejector -- We were born the mutants again with leafling. All songs written, performed, and recorded by Kevin Barnes ("with the exception of some thoroughly rad help …").
"Jos the Prodigious Teen" wrote in New York magazine: "I never ever expected to take this band, known for silly techno-pop, so seriously. But by exploring darker lyrical territory and using more-complicated arrangements, they’ve managed to make some sinister glam-rock with surprising power. It’s an incredible album." On the other hand, "Peter the Enduring Enthusiast" opined in the same issue, "Some of the beats are captivating, but just when the music starts to get hot, it's interrupted by screeches, sound effects, and tempo changes" ("Jukebox: Three Citizen Critics Offer Competing Takes on Noteworthy Recent Albums," 2/19/07).