“Ten years ago, it would have been hard to believe” that the “whimsical” Of Montreal would become so successful, said Michaelangelo Matos in Salon. But today, the band’s new album Skeletal Lamping “is one of the year's high-profile indie-rock releases.” How did they do it? “Of Montreal got a lot better, and then a lot bolder.”
Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes has certainly “established himself as the anti-Christ to the polite, erudite indie world,” said Adam Moerder in Pitchfork. And although Skeletal Lamping has plenty of “shortcomings,” it is “a breath of fresh air for those bored by ivory tower indie rock.”
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