[ image kevin1 type=center ] Decades after the rise (and, arguably fall) of the B- 52's and R.E.M., the reach of the rock and roll Bethlehem that is Athens, Georgia can still be felt in contemporary pop. In 2005 the perennial critical darlings of the Elephant Six Collective, the town's musically incestuous conglomeration of resident bands and buddies, traded in The Apples In Stereo as a figurehead for the late Neutral Milk Hotel [Tape Op #11], which enjoyed an enormous rebirth with the reissue of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. More recently the torch has been passed to Kevin Barnes from Of Montreal, a band- turned-solo-project which can alternately resemble either an Ouija connection to Beatles departed or an orchestra made of Silly Putty. Barnes has reveled in the spotlight, churning out albums which each seem to go over better than the last.
That's impressive for a teenager.
They weren't anything. Some of them actually made it onto The Early Four Track Recordings, but nothing spectacular.
I bet you ran some interesting mic setups there.
I've never really gotten into the super techie side of it. For me it's all about being creative. I've never really worried about what kind of compression we were going to use on the dryer.
So you just throw in the towel on that and make music anyway.
Yeah, definitely. In a way, it's kind of empowering.
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