of Montreal was formed in Athens, Georgia, United States in 1997. The band is fronted by Kevin Barnes, who writes, composes, and plays most of the music for his albums. Throughout its existence, of Montreal's musical style has evolved from vaudeville and Beatles influenced psychedelic twee pop to a mixture of electronica, funk, glam, and afrobeat music influenced by Prince and David Bowie.
They were among the second wave of groups to emerge from The Elephant 6 Recording Company and the group has a style that is typical of many Elephant 6 bands due to their interest in combining musical experimentation with the basic tenets of pop i.e. catchy melodies and sing-along choruses.
Their most recent album, Skeletal Lamping, was released on October 21, 2008. Kevin Barnes has hinted on Twitter that of Montreal's next studio album will be titled "Paralytic Stalks". Kevin Barnes has revealed some information on the new album in an interview with Pitchfork Media and on 20 October 2011 Barnes announced that the new album was complete. In November 2011, the band released a new track titled "Wintered Debts" via the band's Soundcloud site, speculated to be a track off the new album "Paralytic Stalks".
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