History Music / OfMontreal

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?''. Taken UpToEleven with its' sequel album ''Paralytic Stalks''.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/of_montreal.jpg]] ''Of Montreal'' is a [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly genre-bending]] indie group from Athens, Georgia.[[note]]Which while technically in the DeepSouth couldn't be farther from it in reality. It's a college town.[[/note]]

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: ''And how.''

** ''Aldhils Arboretum'' could be seen as this as well: a collecting of stand-alone indie rock tracks after several concept albums of... [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly inexact genre]].

* {{Transgender}}: Barnes claims that his on-stage character Georgie Fruit has had many sex change surgeries in his time.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Demo collection ''The Early Four-Track Recordings'' - the track names are all {{Long Title}}s that, when read in order, present a story about Creator/DustinHoffman having misadventures while trying to take a bath. None of this has anything to do with the album's content, and the songs originally didn't have any proper titles.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/of_montreal.jpg]] ''Of Montreal'' is a [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly genre-bending]] indie group from Athens, Georgia.[[note]]Which while technically in the DeepSouth couldn't be farther from it in reality. It's a college town.[[/note]] Formed in 1996 by Kevin Barnes as a [[IAmTheBand solo project]], it began as folksy [[BaroquePop baroque pop]] like most other Elephant 6 projects. Derek Almstead and Bryan Poole (who frequently performs under the stage name The Late B.P. Helium) soon joined; the groups' first three albums featured this lineup, and the style continued until their fifth album, ''Aldhils Arboretum''. Not only was it their first full-length record to not be a concept album, but it also introduced the dance-friendly style that set them apart from their Elephant 6 peers. This funkier sound kept on evolving on each record, and the group caught the eye of music critics with ''Sunlandic Twins'', with one song from the album even being altered and used in a commercial for Outback Steakhouse.

'''Of Montreal''' is a [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly genre-bending]] indie group from Athens, Georgia.[[note]]Which while technically in the DeepSouth couldn't be farther from it in reality. It's a college town.[[/note]] Formed in 1996 by Kevin Barnes as a [[IAmTheBand solo project]], it began as folksy [[BaroquePop baroque pop]] like most other Elephant 6 projects. Derek Almstead and Bryan Poole (who frequently performs under the stage name The Late B.P. Helium) soon joined; the groups' first three albums featured this lineup, and the style continued until their fifth album, ''Aldhils Arboretum''. Not only was it their first full-length record to not be a concept album, but it also introduced the dance-friendly style that set them apart from their Elephant 6 peers. This funkier sound kept on evolving on each record, and the group caught the eye of music critics with ''Sunlandic Twins'', with one song from the album even being altered and used in a commercial for Outback Steakhouse.

* ChekHovsGun: The trope is mentioned in the first verse of "Plastis Wafer".

* {{Transsexual}}: Barnes claims that his on-stage character Georgie Fruit has had many sex change surgeries in his time.

* CampStraight: Despite his flamboyant dress style at live shows, Barnes is HappilyMarried to Nina Aimee Grøttland.

* BreakawayPopHit: The song "Wraith Pinned To The Mist (And Other Games)" was altered for use in a series of Outback Steakhouse TV and radio ads.

* EarWorm: "Id Engager," among many others.

* MagnumOpus: Most fans point to ''Hissing Fauna'', but Barnes has said in interviews that he considers ''False Priest'' as his masterpiece.

Of Montreal is a [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly genre-bending]] indie group from Athens, Georgia.[[note]]Which while technically in the DeepSouth couldn't be farther from it in reality. It's a college town.[[/note]] Formed in 1996 by Kevin Barnes as a [[IAmTheBand solo project]], it began as folksy [[BaroquePop baroque pop]] like most other Elephant 6 projects. Derek Almstead and Bryan Poole (who frequently performs under the stage name The Late B.P. Helium) soon joined; the groups' first three albums featured this lineup, and the style continued until their fifth album, ''Aldhils Arboretum''. Not only was it their first full-length record to not be a concept album, but it also introduced the dance-friendly style that set them apart from their Elephant 6 peers. This funkier sound kept on evolving on each record, and the group caught the eye of music critics with ''Sunlandic Twins'', with one song from the album even being altered and used in a commercial for Outback Steakhouse.

Of Montreal is a [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly genre-bending]] indie group from Athens, Georgia.[[hottip:*:Which while technically in the DeepSouth couldn't be farther from it in reality. It's a college town.]] Formed in 1996 by Kevin Barnes as a [[IAmTheBand solo project]], it began as folksy [[BaroquePop baroque pop]] like most other Elephant 6 projects. Derek Almstead and Bryan Poole (who frequently performs under the stage name The Late B.P. Helium) soon joined; the groups' first three albums featured this lineup, and the style continued until their fifth album, ''Aldhils Arboretum''. Not only was it their first full-length record to not be a concept album, but it also introduced the dance-friendly style that set them apart from their Elephant 6 peers. This funkier sound kept on evolving on each record, and the group caught the eye of music critics with ''Sunlandic Twins'', with one song from the album even being altered and used in a commercial for Outback Steakhouse.
Their next album marked an even more drastic change from their folk-styled roots. ''Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?'' was created almost entirely by Kevin Barnes to cope with psychological issues he was experiencing at the time, and featured enough LyricalDissonance to make [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion "Komm Susser Todd"]] sound like [[Music/TheBeatles "Hey Jude"]]. It also gave birth to Barnes' [[AlterEgoActing alter ego]], a CampGay black {{Transvestite}} GlamRock star named [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Georgie Fruit]]. The next two albums, ''Skeletal Lamping'' and ''False Priest'', both were predominantly written from the viewpoint and continued the bass-heavy pop sound of the previous album.

* SesameStreetCred: The group has appeared on YoGabbaGabba.

* NightmareFuel: The intro to all shows in the 2010 tour consisted of [[http://thenewphiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/ofmontreal_electricfactory_15sept2010_01-1.jpg these guys]] walking out on stage slowly and menacingly while a noisy and dissonant instrumental track was performed.

* CampStraight: despite his flamboyant dress style at live shows, Barnes is HappilyMarried to Nina Aimee Grøttland.

* ConceptAlbum: their first four albums, as well as ''Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?''

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: ''and how.''

* NightmareFuel: the intro to all shows in the 2010 tour consisted of [[http://thenewphiladelphia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/ofmontreal_electricfactory_15sept2010_01-1.jpg these guys]] walking out on stage slowly and menacingly while a noisy and dissonant instrumental track was performed.

* RepurposedPopSong: see BreakawayPopHit.

Their next album marked an even more drastic change from their folk-styled roots. ''Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?'' was created almost entirely by Kevin Barnes to cope with psychological issues he was experiencing at the time, and featured enough LyricalDissonance to make [[NeonGenesisEvangelion "Komm Susser Todd"]] sound like [[TheBeatles "Hey Jude"]]. It also gave birth to Barnes' [[AlterEgoActing alter ego]], a CampGay black {{Transvestite}} GlamRock star named [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Georgie Fruit]]. The next two albums, ''Skeletal Lamping'' and ''False Priest'', both were predominantly written from the viewpoint and continued the bass-heavy pop sound of the previous album.