Aureate Gloom is the point where grief becomes a search for light in creation, adventure and musical experimentation, making even Barnes' more experimental sonic forays sound urgent.
Unlike Sylvianbriar, which seemed like a departure, Aureate Gloom takes many of the band's more recent notable attributes -- verbosity, funkiness, experimentalism, grit, flair, meandering modulations, confessional lyrics, sexiness, attitude -- and funnels them into a petulant stew.
Aureate Gloom is like pushing lousy with sylvianbriar through a Satanic Panic in the Attic filter. Or it's like Paralytic Stalks with shorter phases and more electric guitars.
Loud, fickle, and impolite, Aureate Gloom is yet another entry into the evolution of one man’s soul made manifest through music.
It’s hard to forgive Barnes the accusation of repetition, and that’s what undoubtedly rears its head on Aureate Gloom.
His verbose, awkwardly confessional lyrics are covered in glitter glue and sunshine, but this is painful catharsis rather than joyful celebration.
If Aureate Gloom brings nothing new to the table sonically, its lyrics are often interesting, showcasing an especially irate side of Barnes that hasn’t been this prominent since “The Past Is a Grotesque Animal”.
Aureate Gloom makes for a confused, scary, frustrating wallow into the psyche of a man I’m starting to fear getting to know any better.
Alrighty, time to review the next of Montreal album, since I keep getting distracted and carried away with other things
And well... it wasn't the greatest
The first song started off decent, though it kind of just became eh, the longer it went on
And the rest of the album would turn out to be disappointing. It was just, eh.
The best thing about this album is the cover art here. The cover art is pretty cool
Other than that... yeah. You're not really missing out on anything.
A mixed album with a few different songs, nothing to really return to. Most songs did sound pretty funky and groovy, very electric-guitar focussed. Odd few songs were decent, but for the most part it was meh
A mixed album with a few different songs, nothing to really return to. Most songs did sound pretty funky and groovy, very electric-guitar focussed. Odd few songs were decent, but for the most part it was meh
Listening to a new album every day: Day 222
This album is best when it’s more funky, but a lot of the album feels like a more watered down version of Lousy With Sylvianbriar. It can still have fun moments- like on Bassem Sabry- and good lyrics- like on Empyrean Abattoir- but as a whole, the album is surprisingly boring for OM. With what I’ve seen, most people consider this the point where OM starts starts to deteriorate in quality, but I’ve heard two other albums after this ... read more
Alrighty, time to review the next of Montreal album, since I keep getting distracted and carried away with other things
And well... it wasn't the greatest
The first song started off decent, though it kind of just became eh, the longer it went on
And the rest of the album would turn out to be disappointing. It was just, eh.
The best thing about this album is the cover art here. The cover art is pretty cool
Other than that... yeah. You're not really missing out on anything.
1 | Bassem Sabry 4:45 | 74 |
2 | Last Rites at the Jane Hotel 5:02 | 64 |
3 | Empyrean Abattoir 4:32 | 61 |
4 | Aluminum Crown 3:34 | 55 |
5 | Virgilian Lots 3:21 | 66 |
6 | Monolithic Egress 5:23 | 59 |
7 | Apollyon of Blue Room 3:56 | 67 |
8 | Estocadas 4:20 | 66 |
9 | Chthonian Dirge for Uruk the Other 2:48 | 49 |
10 | Like Ashoka's Inferno of Memory 5:49 | 61 |