Of Montreal: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

About halfway into Of Montreal s Tiny Desk Concert in the NPR Music offices, I showed a friend a PostIt note on which I d just scribbled, Was I wrong to expect more of a decadent, pansexual carnival I d thought we were going to need to throw plastic sheeting over our desks, like at a GWAR concert, and there we were, watching a miniaturized Of Montreal just Kevin Barnes solo, albeit with the assistance of singer Rebecca Cash and guitarist Bryan Poole for Feminine Effects as it strummed its way through three strippeddown songs. So if you re looking for another side of Barnes music for comparison, check out the April 2012 Of Montreal concert we recorded for NPR Music, the description of which includes the words wildly theatrical, flamboyant, synchronized dancing and strange, wandering creatures that look like amoebas you ll get it here. The singer told us that he d been working on quieter, more personal material in recent months, and figured the intimate surroundings would be an ideal s