Myself and Wooder went to see Of Montreal last Saturday at the Button Factory. What a fantastic gig! That was my concert of the year, hands down.

Their last Dublin show was pretty good, but this was much better. The entire band were in attendance this time around (last time they had to “borrow” a bassist), and they had the luxury of the Button Factory’s stage, much bigger than the titchy Tripod one. New set order, too — last time around, ‘The Past is a Grotesque Animal’ was buried in the set’s middle, and a little out of place; while it’s a fantastic song, it’s got such a different sound and tempo from all the rest of their current tunes. This time, it was the opener, waking up the crowd with its driving sound, and things felt a lot more coherent as a result.

Next tune similarly set the stage, this time for their humour; ‘My British Tour Diary’, which really is a tour diary of a UK tour:

Every single one of our London cabbies played
The most truly repellent techno music ever made
But they’ll drop you without hesitation
if you try changing the station

Of Montreal - My British Tour Diary

Anyway, awesome gig — every song from then on was brilliant, ending with the glorious ‘She’s a Rejector’:

Of Montreal - She’s A Rejector

There were a couple of new songs played; “Our Last Summer of Independence” sticks in my memory. (It didn’t sound great on first listen; could be a grower though.)

The crowd were up for it, the venue was great, the band were well into it and we got to check out some truly awesome costumes, particularly The Late B. P. Helium’s new rather Christoper-Walkenesque getup. Afterwards, Kevin came down to the bar and was still there, mobbed by adoring fans, when we left. He was well on for a chat — Wooder got to give him a few Dublin tourism tips ;) A great night.

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