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Feb 7, 2012Of Montreal grow less accessible with Paralytic Stalks, but it's respectable how unconcerned Barnes seems with anything besides staying true to his freakily fractured vision.
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Feb 6, 2012Barnes has definitely taken a step in right direction.
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Feb 7, 2012Paralytic Stalks isn't an Of Montreal album stuffed with steakhouse jingles. But therein lies the charm.
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Feb 8, 2012Paralytic Stalks is a fascinating listen, for both old fans and new.
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Feb 10, 2012[Barnes has created] the best experimental discordant noise pop he's worked on since 'Hissing Fauna'.
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Feb 3, 2012Despite its heart of darkness, Paralytic Stalks is a deceptively gentle, rambling record that gains integrity but loses focus via the strong suspicion that it was recorded more for the benefit of Nina Barnes than for us.
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Feb 13, 2012There is ... a marked orchestral fluidity throughout, which lends itself to the experimental instrumental passages that permeate the record.
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Feb 7, 2012For all its songwriterly craft, of Montreal's experiments make Paralytic Stalks one of the more compelling efforts in the band's long discography.
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Feb 7, 2012Paralytic Stalks is a record made by a genius or a hoity-toity psychopath depending on your perspective--call it whatever you want, but it certainly isn't boring.
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Feb 6, 2012For much of Paralytic Stalk's first half and even for most of the more unhinged second act, Kevin Barnes strikes a near-perfect balance between pop mastery and a delightful sort of weird.
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Feb 7, 2012Paralytic Stalks feels like a marathon at times, but it's a trek worth repeating.
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Feb 14, 2012Convoluted as his words and ideas are, they're surprisingly singable, in all their mad profusion.
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Feb 6, 2012At the end of the day, Kevin Barnes is really trying to make good pop. Paralytic Stalks is just that, bombast and all.
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Feb 8, 2012Musically, Stalks is a tour de force, filled with colorful new sonic tricks.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 27 out of 38
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Mixed: 3 out of 38
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Negative: 8 out of 38
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Feb 7, 2012I waited for a peaceful moment in the busy work week to listen to the album with full concentration. Iâ
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Feb 7, 2012
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Feb 8, 2012