An upbeat drum machine drives many of the album’s tracks. Cheerful nostalgia valiantly saturates the melody of “Requiem for O.M.M.2.” “I don’t want to make a wake out of my life/ I just have to let you go,” sings Barnes. I can all too well relate to this mantra of ruminating over a romantic ember from the past while taking a momentary gulp of hopeless yearning. In fact, just before I started this review, I swallowed such an instant. The suitor fused to my first monumental heartbreak happened to be courting me during the time I discovered Of Montreal. Memories of how excited I’d be over doing even traditionally mundane endeavors with him like hiking up the road a couple miles to a shopping center ensue. Times we’d walk to the railroad tracks and playfully shoot photos … and that one dewy eyed moment he kissed me ‘just because,’ as sizable snowflakes delicately fell on a January day. Upon falling for my first love, the all too temporary euphoria of my new relationship naturally blinded me to the possibility of romantic finiteness. After all, how could two beings that complimented and flowed together so well conceivably ever pull apart?
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Signing Off...Thanks for Reading Everyone
Unfortunately this site has been gathering more dust than readers lately, so it looks like it's time to finally pull the plug on the transmitter and sign off from Radio Free Chicago. Hats off to all of the dedicated and talented writers and photographers who contributed to this site over the years. Great work everyone, thank you so much for keeping this labor of love alive for so long. I hope everyone out there enjoyed reading this blog as much as I enjoyed putting it all together.
Cheers all...
-Brad
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