Acoustic Of Montreal? Now I’ve seen everything. Kevin Barnes’ technicolour pomp was stripped down to the core for this free set in support of new LP Skeletal Lamping, and despite the band looking slightly lost without the crazy electro-pop synths and fancy costumes, they did a pretty fine job. The arrangements sometimes consisted of Kevin solo, but more often involved the rest of the gang, who took a less ostentatious approach to the songs than usual. The novelty factor could have carried the show on its own, but the truth was that the fragmented, schizophrenic nature of the latest songs actually flow together better in an acoustic setting. They even threw in a whimsically down-tempo rendition of “Heidmalsgate as a Promethian Curse”, which caused the keyboardist to burst into giggles as we swayed along to the slowed-down synth line. No substitute for a proper, full-on OM extravaganza of course, but good craic all the same.(Photo: John Gleeson)
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