Congratulation to MGMT for their upcoming album

because "Time to Pretend" was a monster tune

so is what u all are saying is 'mgmt is over'? pheww was a crazy ride but im frankly kinda relieved

is it 'time to stop pretending'

yeah i think these dudes got tired of the ex-raver poon and are trying to get some of that 16-year old pittsburgh art school "i tried to get into sonic youth but i dunnnooo" action.

"Time to Pretend" was great, but I liked "Kids" far less. "Weekend Wars" and esp "The Youth" were my fave tracks on the debut. It's a good second album, if you listened to the whole first one and not just the singles, you'll probably like it. I think they have a really amazing colossal record in them and this is "Congratulation" is definitely not it.

yeah see i like this new album because it sounds like a more realized "weekend wars".

btw seriously dudes don't waste your time handwringing about MGMT for fuck sakes. this is the only life you will ever have.

this band has only ever been good for clowning on.

Joanna Newsom was in the "Kids" video, and the two singles I heard, including "Kids," were alright. that's about it.

yeah it's like that song was cool...it's just some song that will make it on TV late night CD "best of the 00s" type shit...like "sex and candy" or
"steal my sunshine" and shit...

just let it go, this band will never amount to shit, they had one good quasi hit

yeah we should talk about good music. i'm sure that will make us feel better.

xp except the 90s were flush with music like that ("rock" bands with an alternative or indie sensibility of some kind that could produce mainstream singles that lots of people enjoyed) and the 00s were....not. that to me is the frustrating thing about mgmt--they had three legitimately good singles and rather than pursuing that sound they're pretty much making bullshit afaict.

huh, i just heard the single for the first time, and i don't understand this thread at all now.

also, the little flute solo is funny.

Kids is totally like 2kx "Sex and Candy". But if you haven't heard some of the other tracks you should listen to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EURZuzHyWb0

vid by Eric of Tim & Eric

seems like most people's opinions are colored by some idea about mgmt that doesn't have much to do with the actual music. the amount of hate they inspire is a sign that they're doing something interesting, imho. the first track on this new one i'm particularly digging... great melodies, harmonies, sonic textures, etc. what's to hate?

i also think it's weird these guys are seen as rock stars. they just seem like awkward stoners to me, which is endearing.

also, i love the cover art.

the amount of hate they inspire is a sign that they're doing something interesting, imho.

rock solid logic

exactly. what's to hate? it just sounds like a musical album. made by a band. they made another album before this one that sounded like whatever, and now this one sounds like this. are people accusing this band of being reverse-sellouts or what is the problem?

a band had like two hits and then changed their sound a bit on the next album. is this offensive? unheard of?
maybe you people should listen to the black crowes instead of this indie rock stuff. you're obviously getting confused.

people are accusing them of not being very good

then i take it back, you probably won't like the black crowes either...

love where this thread is going

"twice as hard" > "kids"

it just sounds like a musical album.

ohhhh, i hadn't realized this is a musical album--this changes everything!

Conshitulation by MGMT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LLRk3_nogo

they made another album before this one that sounded like whatever, and now this one sounds like this.

7/10

-- johnny0

can we turn this into a rockism thing? i've got a looong day left at work.

I don't think they've sold out or really changed their sound all that much. Both those arguments are pretty silly for any band imo.

I think it's a case of the songs were just more memorable on the first record and because they are so hyped everyone is reading all this extra stuff into that. I just think it boils down to better songs the first time.

honestly surprised that the Ausgang artwork might be the best thing about this album. I was hoping for at least one more "Kids" out of the deal. what the hell Soulwax supposed to remix off of this dud?

strangely, parts of this album remind me of Cornelius.

^^^stop tempting me to hear it!

actually when this fuckmare of a class assignment is done i will listen to it, and return with judgements

i dunno, i hear lots of things in it at times. Cornelius, the Chrysanthemums, Homosexuals, late-period Turtles, early Supergrass. Flaming Lips, of course. it's interesting, at least.

Wish Cornelius was releasing a new album!

Maybe all that touring w Yoko will get him back into writing music again...

did he ever release anything after Point?

Sensuous is pretty amazing. Same minimal/robotic mix of sounds, really well done, some wonderful experiments in there too. They have a DVD for the entire album that features mindblowing animation from Koichiro Tsujikawa. Subsequent multimedia tours followed, along with a live DVD release. Parts of the live DVD are on youtube and it looks incredible but my days of forking over $50 for a Japanese DVD are sadly over....

4 star review from Spin

http://www.spinmagazine.com/reviews/mgmt-congratulations-columbia

that's pretty expected i would assume

SPIN is prob more invested in the career of mgmt than any other rock band currently going

also i thought they changed from 5-star scale to 10-point scale? i guess that's tough to code on a website tho

commiseration to SPIN for their tough-to-code website

other way around, they used to be 10 scale and are now 5

wait, no way, i swear they changed to a 10 scale pretty much at the beginning of this year

oh duh, i have a current issue right here that has reviews on a 10 scale. what am i thinking of? they went to an ABCDF scale for a while? i just remember them changing it for a few years there.

they could try out a Do Re Mi scale, that would really bring the readers in

I rate this album a half-diminished seventh

This is a really great album, first two tracks are especially good. Hipsters and GHEYS will hate it though!

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You're right, I'm gay and I hate it. According to Whiney I'm a hipster as well. So you've got me bang to rights.

i dont hate the album as thats just a waste of useful energy.
i'm completely indifferent to it.
ok, perhaps i'm a little annoyed i wasted 30 minutes of my life maybe, but i was on the payroll during the stream, so not all is lost.

'Dan Treacy' is my favourite here, completely different from anything MGMT have ever done before. It is a really charming song, with a little Television Personalities-resemblence, and I really can't imagine anyone hating it.