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. i wanted to make a record that could truly surprise a listener. to create something that was, in turns, enraging, joyous, discomforting, playful, lovely, unpleasant, freaky, mesmeric.. .something that came close to capturing the labyrinthine complexity of this human consciousness.
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Kevin Barnes on Skeletal Lamping - of Montreal MySpace Blog (via perpetua)
Sounds great! I was just talking with my roomie yesterday about how what I love about music are the surprising parts. Things that are interesting and not predictible. How timely.
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. i wanted to make a record that could truly surprise a listener. to create something that was, in turns, enraging, joyous, discomforting, playful, lovely, unpleasant, freaky, mesmeric.. .something that came close to capturing the labyrinthine complexity of this human consciousness.
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Kevin Barnes on Skeletal Lamping - of Montreal MySpace Blog (via perpetua)
Sounds great! I was just talking with my roomie yesterday about how what I love about music are the surprising parts. Things that are interesting and not predictible. How timely.
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