Of Montreal - aethermead (2026)

The 20th full-length album from of Montreal finds the band revisiting sounds from their early years, while still pushing artistic boundaries with their iconic style of pop & indie rock. Celebrated for their unique and prolific output, frontperson and primary songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Kevin Barnes recorded the album at Brooklyn's Honey Jar studios with audio engineer, Drew Vandenberg (Faye Webster, Toro y Moi), with basic tracking done live to a 16-track tape machine with Barnes' longtime live band. 'I wanted to capture a quick moment together and to make on-the-fly, spontaneous creative decisions', says Barnes. 'It felt very liberating and exhilarating to have to start and finish an album in a month's time'.