Thecontrollersphere

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 the fifth 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

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

References

1. "Thecontrollersphere – Of Montreal". Metacritic. CBS Interactive . Retrieved May 16, 2015.
2. Sendra, Tim. "thecontrollersphere – Of Montreal". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation . Retrieved May 16, 2015.
3. Finlayson, Ray (May 3, 2011). "Album Review: of Montreal – thecontrollersphere". Beats per Minute . Retrieved May 16, 2015.
4. 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.
5. Lukowski, Andrzej (April 28, 2011). "Of Montreal – thecontrollersphere". Drowned in Sound . Silentway. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
6. Perpetua, Matthew (May 3, 2011). "Of Montreal: thecontrollersphere EP". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved May 16, 2015.
7. Walters, Barry (April 19, 2011). "Of Montreal thecontrollersphere Album Review". Rolling Stone . Retrieved May 16, 2015.
8. Cataldo, Jesse (April 17, 2011). "Of Montreal: thecontrollersphere". Slant Magazine . Retrieved May 16, 2015.