''Skeletal Lamping'' is the ninth studio album by

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-based band

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Style

As with most of Montreal albums,

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performed almost all the instrumental and vocal tracks himself.

Distribution

''Skeletal Lamping'' was released on October 21,

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. The album was released in different formats, including conventional CD and vinyl, as well as T-shirts, a button set, wall decals, and a paper lantern, the latter formats including a digital download code for the album itself. All items for the collection were designed by The Bee With Wheels (David Barnes) and Gemini Tactics (Nina Barnes), a coalition termed the 'Apollinaire Rave Collective'. In an essay addressing the concept behind the album's release, Kevin Barnes stated "We feel that there’s no reason to produce another object that just sits on a shelf. We only want to produce objects that have a function and that can be treasured for their singularness."

Georgie Fruit

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. Georgie Fruit was first mentioned on Montreal's 2007 album ''Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?'' during the song "Labyrinthian Pomp". Georgie Fruit plays a prominent role on ''Skeletal Lamping''. In a post made on the of Montreal website in September 2020, Barnes expressed regret for the "problematic" characterization of Georgie, apologizing for giving him a race and gender other than his own in his lyrical depiction. Barnes replaced the song "Wicked Wisdom" on streaming and all future pressings of "Skeletal Lamping" to remove a slur for trans people. Polyvinyl Records has arranged to donate 50% of the proceeds of ''Skeletal Lamping'' to Black Trans Advocacy Coalition, an organization dedicated to address material inequities faced by transgender black people.

Track listing

All songs written by Kevin Barnes. # "Nonpareil of Favor" – 5:48 # "Wicked Wisdom" – 5:00 # "For Our Elegant Caste" – 2:35 # "Touched Something's Hollow" – 1:26 # "An Eluardian Instance" – 4:35 # "Gallery Piece" – 3:48 # "Women's Studies Victims" – 2:59 # "St. Exquisite's Confessions" – 4:35 # "Triphallus, to Punctuate!" – 3:23 # "And I've Seen a Bloody Shadow" – 2:23 # "Plastis Wafer" – 7:11 # "Death Isn't a Parallel Move" – 3:01 # "Beware Our Nubile Miscreants" – 4:52 # "Mingusings" – 3:01 # "Id Engager" – 3:24

Polyvinyl digital bonus EP

# Jimmy (

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# Feminine Effects - 2:56 # Little Rock - 0:58

References

External links

Live of Montreal performance featuring unreleased tracks

of Montreal's official website

Kevin Barnes' announcement of the album being completed.

URB Magazine album review

Kevin Barnes talks about Skeletal Lamping with Robin Hilton of NPR

Billboard review of Skeletal Lamping

Apollinaire Rave Collective store on Polyvinyl
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