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of Montreal has released a manifesto to accompany the “Skeletal Lamping Collection 08,” the myriad creative packages that accompany Polyvinyl’s release of Skeletal Lamping on October 21st.  (The album can be purchased not just in CD and vinyl, but in tee-shirt, tote bag, wall decals, paper lantern, and more.)  Kevin Barnes writes:

The concept behind the Skeletal Lamping Collection is this: ideally, every object that you bring into your home, should feel exceptional to you. Otherwise, it just adds to the clutter and chaos of your life. We feel that there’s no reason to produce another object that just sits on a shelf. We only want to produce objects that have a function and that can be treasured for their singularness. Objects that can transform a room, bend the mind and inform your dreams. A CD has little value, as an object, and the conventional, right angle plagued CD packaging, we’ve been forced to endure forever, has nothing new to offer us either.

You can read the full manifesto here, or preorder the collection at Polyvinyl Records.

I have updated the Optical Atlas streaming jukebox today to include new tracks from Ideal Free Distribution, Ham1, of Montreal, The Music Tapes, and some oldies. Enjoy.