Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes just posted a myspace blog about the status of the band’s new record Skeletal Lamping. In case you were wondering, that status is 100% finished.

MP3: Of Montreal – Purple Rain (Prince)

In the entry, Kevin explains a bit about the album:

it is possible to view this album as one long composition, with lots of different movements, or just as a collection of pop songs. i wanted to make an album that was unpredictable and, at times,startling, yet always hummable and catchy. some of the transitions are intentionally awkward. i did this to keep the listener off guard and to dismantle people’s perception of how an album is supposed to be constructed. i am so bored with art that makes sense and “works”. i wanted to do somethings that didn’t “work”. very few things pique our interest while they are working as we expect them to, things are far more interesting when they are not working. shocking people though, just for the sake of it, is so mundane. nothing on Skeletal Lamping was intended to shock. i just feel that,in most contemporary songs, you can basically finish the artist’s sentences,musically and lyrically. i wanted to make an album where that was not possible.

Here’s looking forward to the complete brain-buster that this album sounds like it’s going to be. Until then, you can entertain yourself by diving into my collection of Of Montreal covers, where you can download over fifty covers that the band have done.

In other completely unrelated news, I’m currently hanging out in Athens, Georgia. Athenians, your city is awesome. It’s nothing but record stores, dress shops, coffee houses and bars.