Of Montreal "Know Your Onion"

Of Montreal 'Know Your Onion'
By Cam Lindsay
Published Sep 01, 2004
This song is required listening not out of necessity, but out of plain old indie rock curiosity. Of course, there aren’t any surprises that come with a melodically obsessed pop band covering another melodically obsessed pop band. Of Montreal does a fine job on their rendition of this Shins single. Released on an EP of four covers (also including songs by Broadcast, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci and V-Twin) sold with their latest album, Satanic Panic In The Attic, "Know Your Onion" has a spin to it that is undeniably Of Montreal. But if get distracted for even one moment and come back to it, you’d swear it was James Mercer singing. (www.ofmontreal.net/mp3s/shinscover.mp3)