Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 7, 2007
RecordedJanuary 2005 – March 2006
Genre
Length51:22 (CD)
68:32 (LP)
LabelPolyvinyl
ProducerKevin Barnes
Of Montreal chronology
Satanic Twins
(2006)
Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
(2007)
Icons, Abstract Thee
(2007)
Singles from Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
  1. "Faberge Falls for Shuggie"
    Released: December 5, 2006
  2. "She's a Rejecter"
    Released: December 5, 2006
  3. "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse"
    Released: January 23, 2007
  4. "Suffer for Fashion"
    Released: July 17, 2007
  5. "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal"
    Released: July 27, 2010
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The A.V. ClubB
Entertainment WeeklyB+
The Guardian
Los Angeles Times
NME7/10
Pitchfork8.7/10
Q
Rolling Stone
Spin

Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? is the eighth album by American indie pop band of Montreal, released on January 7, 2007. The album was written, performed, and recorded by Kevin Barnes, with assistance from friends and family: prominent Elephant Six members Bryan Poole, Jamey Huggins and Heather McIntosh, as well as Barnes' wife Nina Grottland, credited as Nina Twin, and daughter Alabee Barnes, credited as Alabee Blonde. Credits also feature Georgie Fruit, a glam rock alter ego of Barnes.