2011, Polyvinyl Records
VINYL FORMAT. Comes with a digital download code! Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? is considered to be of Montreal's masterpiece. It's an irresistible and remarkable album, sounding like a logical extension of the erratic indie-disco sounds of The Sunlandic Twins. However, Hissing Fauna is also the most personal of Montreal album to date, with Kevin Barnes, lead of Montreal songwriter, pouring tremendous amounts of emotion, heartbreak, frustration and elation into its twelve tracks.
Written and recorded primarily during what he calls "an insane year," Hissing Fauna sees Barnes adopt a new writing style. It's an unabashedly autobiographical attempt from a songwriter whose early material tended towards characters and story-songs. Barnes continues down the whimsical pop funk path, while changing up its lyrical scope; and Hissing Fauna balances its poppy nature while showcasing brutal and unflinching honesty.
This reissue comes as 180 gram 2xLP with four bonus tracks and an 18" x 24" poster!
Written and recorded primarily during what he calls "an insane year," Hissing Fauna sees Barnes adopt a new writing style. It's an unabashedly autobiographical attempt from a songwriter whose early material tended towards characters and story-songs. Barnes continues down the whimsical pop funk path, while changing up its lyrical scope; and Hissing Fauna balances its poppy nature while showcasing brutal and unflinching honesty.
This reissue comes as 180 gram 2xLP with four bonus tracks and an 18" x 24" poster!
Tracklisting
Disc 1
| 1 | Suffer for Fashion |
| 2 | Sink the Seine |
| 3 | Cato as a Pun |
| 4 | Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse |
| 5 | Gronlandic Edit |
| 6 | Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger |
| 7 | Past Is a Grotesque Animal |
| 8 | Bunny Ain't No Kind of Rider |
| 9 | Faberge Falls for Shuggie |
| 10 | Labyrinthian Pomp |
| 11 | She's a Rejecter |
| 12 | We Were Born the Mutants Again with Leafling |
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