Daily noise that works faster than any stimulant
8 March 2024
of Montreal fans know, of course, that this band is not from Montreal, but from
Athens, Georgia (where that other pretty famous band came from, named R.E.M.).
It was founder/singer-songwriter/orchestrator Kevin Barnes who came up with
the name, referring to a failed romance between him and a woman “of Montreal”.
That said, the news came in that Barnes and his band have bagged their 19th LP.
They named it LADY ON THE CUSP and will drop it on planet Earth on May 17.
And here comes the first appetizer, titled YUNG HEARTS BLEED FREE .
Kevin Barnes – photo by Shervin Lainez
Barnes: “Influenced by the Leos Carax film Boy Meets Girl, Bootsy’s Rubber Band,
and my recent purchase of a Yamaha TG33 and a Kawai K1M. I wanted to make a
strutting, sexy little vamp of a song that just kind of chugged along and felt relaxed
and playful and free.”
Wake-up people, here comes a funky mid-tempo
pump up the bass stomper.
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