A Creature Of Improbable Leaps

Of Montreal “Yung Hearts Bleed Free”

“Yung Hearts Beat Free” is an overtly horny song with a somewhat lackadaisical energy to it, like we’re just catching Kevin Barnes in a resting state. In other words, this is a lot like Barnes in Skeletal Lamping mode but without the manic freakiness that coursed through nearly every track of that record. This isn’t to say it’s boring in comparison – the groove is top shelf for Of Montreal, and I like how the lyrics declare a lot about who Kevin is and why they’re like that with some degree of certainty. I take this as being above all else a song about aging – for everything you lose to time, you get the opportunity to understand yourself and what drives you. You also get some clarity on the external things that shaped you – when Barnes sings “all of my heroes were drug-addled creeps” and “all of my heroes were sex maniacs” it’s less a point of pride than a statement of fact. It is what it is, and this is the result.

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