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On their 2006 debut, this
Montreal six-piece were like a pothead carnival of bloopy synths,
African rhythms and pop-culture references. But on Arm's Way, gifted
singer-songwriter Nick Thorburn broadens the band's quirk-pop into
wonderfully shambolic arena rock — for an arena of 5,000 people. Guitars
mingle with viola, clarinet and piano, hopping genres and tempos with an
Of Montreal-style theatricality. "Pieces of You" begins with a gypsy
bop, moves into a harmonic bridge worthy of Coldplay and locks into
disco punk. The chirpy "Creeper" is about a fatal home break-in, and "In
the Rushes" snatches from the Who's "A Quick One, While He's Away." But
in these gloriously warped songs about murder and jail time, no one's
all right: "Kids don't know shit," Thorburn yelps. "Everything we
learned was wrong."
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Track List
- The Arm (single edit)
- Pieces Of You
- J'aime Vous Voir Quitter
- Abominable Snow
- Creeper
- Kids Don't Know Sh*t
- Life In Jail
- In The Rushes
- We Swim
- To A Bond
- I Feel Evil Creeping In
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Vertigo (If It's A Crime) (track not available in Rhapsody)
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