MGMT’s first studio album Oracular Spectacular was the soundtrack to my summer of 2008. I don’t know what it was, but something in that music that just made me smile until it hurt and dance my ass off, so much so I even created a dance with friends for ‘Electric Feel’. And yes as you may have guessed, it was beyond awful.
So, two years have passed, multiple remixes and re-hashed versions of ‘Kids’ by other artists have been released, radio stations have milked all of their singles so much so I think I actually hate them now, and finally, MGMT’s second studio release ‘Congratulations’ is to be released on April 13th.
I was told to go to their website, and what appeared was a message from the band stating:
Hey everybody, the album leaked, and we wanted you to be able to hear it from us. We wanted to offer it as a free download but that didn’t make sense to anyone but us.
YUM YUM YUM, right?
Well, if you expected the great psychedelic synth pop that was on Oracular and nothing else, then think again.
However, if you are like me and have an open mind, then you will actually really enjoy it.
When the band released ‘Flash Delirium’ a few weeks ago, on first listen I thought it was the biggest pile of shite that I had ever heard. This was because, like many other people, we were expecting the same kind of songs from O.S, the ones that gave our hearts to the band.
But as I listened more, I really grew to like it, and then I couldn’t wait to hear the rest of the album. Now I’ve had that chance I can say that I am totally in love. It feels as if MGMT have fused music from every decade since the 60’s, turned them inside out, made sure the psychedelic, surf pop esque feeling was the strongest in the mix and then blurted it all out. That explanation makes it sound terrible, but trust me, it is seriously good stuff.
‘Songs For Dan Treacy’, ‘Someone’s Missing’, ‘Brian Eno’ and ‘Congratulations’ are my favourites, but I’m 100% sure that everyone will have different opinions.
The band said they wouldn’t be releasing any songs from the album as singles, which I think is the right call, knowing how poor the majority of the UK’s music tastes are, then they wouldn’t even make the top 100.
Take it from me though, head over to their website and have a listen, because its great.
http://www.whoismgmt.com/
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