Of Montreal - Aureate Gloom Artist_Homeboy Sandman

Of Montreal - Aureate Gloom Artist_Homeboy Sandman"A golden despondency is how Kevin Barnes translates the meaning behind Aureate Gloom, the title he gave of Montreals thirteenth full length album. The oxymoron is one Barnes says best describes the overall state of his life and mental outlook while working on the record: first on a writing retreat in New York City, then while demoing tracks in Athens, before finally recording at Sonic Ranch, just across the border from Juarez, Mexico in the Texan

Combining his soulful

Her music melts with jazz

free-form Jazz with hints of soul and P-funk (courtesy of ‘Jimmy Castor’ collaborator Richard Landrum on the congas) to cosmic music with both profoundly spiritual and resolutely physical dimensions

Both packaged in faithful re-productions of the original vinyl artwork and available on heavyweight 180g single vinyl

it is a miraculous balance

The first analog version of the cover album (TOCT-26922) released in 2009

complete with huge hooky choruses and nostalgic dance grooves

and true contentedness

Yoshie Nakano (Ego-Wrappin'))

these carefully restored live albums will comprise the entirety of each show in the format of a story with a beginning

Doc Gibbs (percussion)

" is due out on NYC label Bastard Jazz Recordings in February