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Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Pop · 2007 · 14 tracks · 1h 8m

Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

of Montreal

A neon-streaked descent into a nervous breakdown. Hyper-literate funk grooves and shimmering synths mask a raw, twelve-minute centerpiece of existential dread.

January 23, 2007 · Polyvinyl Record Company

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A frantic, neon-lit struggle between clinical depression and the urge to dance it away.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 1h 8m
01
Faberge Falls for Shuggie
4:31
01
Suffer for Fashion
2:58
02
Labyrinthian Pomp
3:21
02
Sink the Seine
1:04
03
She’s a Rejecter
4:03
03
Cato as a Pun
3:03
04
We Were Born the Mutants Again With Leafling
4:58
04
Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse
3:19
05
Gronlandic Edit
3:25
06
Undrum to Muted Da
2:52
06
A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger
4:56
07
Derailments in a Place of Our Own
2:10
07
The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
11:53
08
No Conclusion
9:41
Moments Worth Listening For
The relentless, twelve-minute motorik beat of 'The Past Is a Grotesque Animal' slowly suffocating the listener under layers of feedback.
The euphoric, synth-heavy chorus of 'Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse' masking a desperate plea for chemical stability.
The sudden shift into a skeletal, Prince-inspired funk groove halfway through 'Gronlandic Edit'.
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