This is the first time in a long time that I've really liked an album that just came out. It's also the first Of Montreal album I've liked. It's also the first "dancy" album I've liked. Really liked... alot. Of Montreal to me has always been a band I thought I should like and wanted to like, but it just didn't work out. I'm not familiar with all of their albums, but the ones I do have don't speak to me. They take good pop songs and then just stop them in the middle on "Coquelicot" and "Sunlandic Twins" just never captivated me (I need to go back and give it another chance now).But this new one is great. It starts with a few seconds of strums and then boom -- you are into the hyper drum machines for the next hour. Now, most dancy stuff I've heard seems pretty shallow (admittedly I don't know much about it - and I know "dancey" isn't really a genre or anything). It makes sense: dance music is for dancing to, it's about the moment. You just need a quick hook and a melody repeated over and over. This Of Montreal album, however, is not just a bunch of catchy melodies and beats (although they are there). There's real lyrical and musical depth. The 11 minute song in the middle has the lyrical complexity of a Bob Dylan epic, but the backing track is a hypnotic dancey loop. What a combination. According to the credits, the album is mostly a solo project. Knowing that, and hearing all the fake drums, sampled loops, and synths, gives the album a sort of lonliness. It is so single-minded that it doesn't sound like a group effort. It sounds like Kevin Barnes locked away in a studio working out all his girl problems. And that is the best kind of album.