“Bunny Ain’t No Kind Of Rider”
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“Bunny Ain’t No Kind Of Rider” – Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer is a slanted, manic-depressive, dance-pop masterpiece on which the music provides the mania and the lyrics the depression. I have a playlist called “Awful Things Sung About Cheerfully,” and almost every track on this album could make the cut for it. Euphoric, “you must dance!” music coupled with troubled, demon-wrestling lyrics abound.
On “A Sentence Of Sorts In Kongsvinger,” (youtube video below) a bouncy, Erasure-like intro builds to the brightly-sung opening line, “I spent the winter on the verge of a total breakdown while living in
My favorite song on the album is “Bunny Ain’t No Kind Of Rider,” which starts in fuzzy chaos, sneaks in a dance beat and bass line underneath the haze, builds it up to the vocals, and finally bursts into a clean, sharp chorus that will stick in your head for weeks.
I hope Mr. Barnes managed to exercise some demons through this album, because I’m pretty sure I gained a few from it.
A Sentence Of Sorts In Kongsvinger
Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse
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