False Priest

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Field	Value
name	False Priest
type	Studio
artist	of Montreal
cover	OfMontreal FalsePriest 600.jpg
released	September 14, 2010
studio	Apollinaire Rave studio
(Athens, Georgia)
Ocean Way Recording
(Los Angeles, California)
genre	Psychedelic pop, dance pop, R&B
length	53:43
label	Polyvinyl
producer	Kevin Barnes, Jon Brion
prev_title	Skeletal Lamping
prev_year	2008
next_title	thecontrollersphere
next_year	2011
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| name = False Priest | type = Studio | artist = of Montreal | cover = OfMontreal FalsePriest 600.jpg | alt = | released = September 14, 2010 | recorded = | studio = Apollinaire Rave studio (Athens, Georgia) Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles, California) | genre = Psychedelic pop, dance pop, R&B | length = 53:43 | label = Polyvinyl | producer = Kevin Barnes, Jon Brion | prev_title = Skeletal Lamping | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = thecontrollersphere | next_year = 2011

False Priest is the tenth full-length studio album by indie-pop group of Montreal, released on September 14, 2010 by Polyvinyl Records on CD, digital, and 180-gram vinyl in both red and black. In addition, Joyful Noise Recordings released a limited-edition cassette version of the album, making False Priest the first of Montreal album ever released on cassette.

Singles

On June 25, 2010, the first single, "Coquet Coquette", was released as a free mp3, along with album art and pre-order information on the band's website. On July 7, 2010, the second single, "Hydra Fancies", was released on Somekindofawesome.com

Sound

Speaking with Pitchfork, frontperson Kevin Barnes said of the album's sound, "there's a thick R&B influence, so it's cool that we have a lot of deep low end. There's a lot of very dancey, very funky songs... We try to have these 'holy fuck' moments where you're really having your mind blown, especially if you're listening to it on headphones."

The album also features appearances by Janelle Monáe and Solange Knowles, and marks the return of organic instruments such as live drums, strings and pianos.

| MC = 74/100 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = Consequence of Sound | rev2Score = C+ | rev3 = MSN Music (Expert Witness) | rev3Score = A− | rev4 = Pitchfork | rev4Score = 6.7/10 | rev5 = Spin | rev5Score = 9/10 | rev6 = Rolling Stone | rev6Score =

Track listing

|all_writing = Kevin Barnes |title1 = I Feel Ya' Strutter |length1 = 3:40 |title2 = Our Riotous Defects |note2 = feat. Janelle Monáe |length2 = 5:15 |title3 = Coquet Coquette |length3 = 3:44 |title4 = Godly Intersex |length4 = 3:31 |title5 = Enemy Gene |note5 = feat. Janelle Monáe |length5 = 3:37 |title6 = Hydra Fancies |length6 = 3:25 |title7 = Like a Tourist |length7 = 4:02 |title8 = Sex Karma |note8 = feat. Solange |length8 = 4:02 |title9 = Girl Named Hello |length9 = 4:14 |title10 = Famine Affair |length10 = 3:49 |title11 = Casualty of You |length11 = 2:59 |title12 = Around the Way |length12 = 4:33 |title13 = You Do Mutilate? |length13 = 6:52

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (2010) | Peak position | |---|---| | artist=of montreal|chart=all}} | 11 | | US Digital Albums | 19 | | US Rock Albums | 14 | ::

References

References

1. Breihan, Tom. (June 17, 2010). "Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes Talks New Album, Tour With Janelle Monáe". Pitchfork.com.
2. "Polyvinyl Record Co. - of Montreal - False Priest".
3. "False Priest by Of Montreal". Metacritic.
4. Sendra, Tim. "False Priest - Of Montreal - Review". AllMusic.
5. "CoS review".
6. link. (2011-07-14 . ''[[MSN Music]]''. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.)
7. Mitchum, Rob. (September 15, 2010). "of Montreal - False Priest". Pitchfork.
8. "Spin review".
9. Dolan, Jon. (September 14, 2010). "Rolling Stone review".
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