thecontrollersphere

EP by Of Montreal

Released

March 4, 2011 (digital)
April 26, 2011 (physical)

Recorded

Apollinaire Rave studio
(Athens, Georgia)
Ocean Way Recording
(Los Angeles, California)

Genre

Psychedelic pop

Length

23:54

Label

Polyvinyl

Producer

Kevin Barnes, Jon Brion

Of Montreal chronology

False Priest
(2010)

thecontrollersphere
(2011)

Paralytic Stalks
(2012)

thecontrollersphere is an EP from indie pop band of Montreal. It was made available for pre-order and instant download from Polyvinyl on March 4, 2011 and was officially released on April 26, 2011. The EP consists of tracks recorded along with the album False Priest.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Beats per Minute	52%^[3]
Consequence of Sound	^[4]
Drowned in Sound	6/10^[5]
Pitchfork Media	6.6/10^[6]
Rolling Stone	^[7]
Slant Magazine	^[8]

Track listing

"Black Lion Massacre" – 5:08
"Flunkt Sass vs the Root Plume" – 2:38
"Holiday Call" – 8:18
"L'age D'or" – 3:32
"Slave Translator" – 4:13

References

↑ "Thecontrollersphere – Of Montreal". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
↑ Sendra, Tim. "thecontrollersphere – Of Montreal". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
↑ Finlayson, Ray (May 3, 2011). "Album Review: of Montreal – thecontrollersphere". Beats per Minute. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
↑ Choudhery, Mohammad (April 21, 2011). "Album Review: of Montreal – thecontrollersphere EP". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on April 26, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
↑ Lukowski, Andrzej (April 28, 2011). "Of Montreal – thecontrollersphere". Drowned in Sound. Silentway. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
↑ Perpetua, Matthew (May 3, 2011). "Of Montreal: thecontrollersphere EP". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
↑ Walters, Barry (April 19, 2011). "Of Montreal thecontrollersphere Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
↑ Cataldo, Jesse (April 17, 2011). "Of Montreal: thecontrollersphere". Slant Magazine. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

of Montreal

Kevin Barnes Clayton Rychlik Jojo Glidewell Davey Pierce (Touring) Nicolas Dobbratz (Touring) David Barnes Michael Wheeler Elizabeth Wheeler Taber Lathrop Bryan Poole Derek Almstead Dottie Alexander James Husband Andy Gonzales Jason NeSmith Nina Grøttland Matt Dawson Ahmed Gallab Matt Chamberlain Thayer Sarrano Zac Colwell Rebecca Cash Kishi Bashi Bennett Lewis Bob Parins

Full-length albums	Cherry Peel The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy The Gay Parade Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse Aldhils Arboretum Satanic Panic in the Attic The Sunlandic Twins Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? Skeletal Lamping False Priest Paralytic Stalks Lousy with Sylvianbriar Aureate Gloom

EPs	The Bird Who Ate the Rabbit's Flower The Bird Who Continues to Eat the Rabbit's Flower Deflated Chime, Foals Slightly Flower Sibylline Responses Icons, Abstract Thee thecontrollersphere

Compilations	Horse & Elephant Eatery (No Elephants Allowed): The Singles and Songles Album The Early Four Track Recordings An Introduction to Of Montreal If He Is Protecting Our Nation, Then Who Will Protect Big Oil, Our Children? The Gladiator Nightstick Collection Satanic Twins Daughter of Cloud

Related articles	The Elephant 6 Recording Company Music of Athens, Georgia A Pollinaire Rave Concept album Polyvinyl Records Kindercore Records Bar/None Records David Barnes Kishi Bashi

Discography

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