Congratulation to MGMT for their upcoming album

I downloaded this expecting to hate it but I'm finding myself wanting to go back to it a lot. The vocals remind me a lot of the guy from Wire especially on the second track and about 3 minutes into Siberian Breaks. I already like it a lot more than the first album, me being in the 'it only had three good songs' camp.

I bet the writers at the NME are having a hard time right now trying to decide if they should give this a rating of 5 or 10.

Still think "Brian Eno" is a bit annoying.

― Adam Bruneau, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 1:33 AM (20 hours ago) Bookmark

I totally agree with this, there's something that really annoys me about the way he sings Brian Eno.

Sonic Boom is in a huge I-collect-Nazi-memorabilia phase at present. To the point where he's actually wearing shit out that could ruffle some serious feathers among folk who don't take kindly to that sort of thing. I kind of hope this MGMT album shifts in huge numbers and the Brit tabloids get all indignant and do some kind of expose on him. Preferably with a Hitler stache 'shopped on at some point.

eh kinda not worried about Sonic being a Nazi

"drug addled shithead" is a more pressing concern

junkies not so good at rounding people up in camps knowhutimean

last two Spectrum releases were awesome. (war sucks; cap'n memphis)
Boom is on-point wrt his own work at least

there is a ventriloquist's dummy with a hitler stache in the video....

Spectrum were amazing live in London last month, although Kember, Treacy and several others in attendance looked like they'd recently spent some time in a concentration camp.

What other recent band (Fallout Boy? Panic at the Disco?) did this, where they essentially cut a light and loopy sixties psychedelia album?

I believe you are thinking of the last Panic at the Disco album, where they dropped the exclamation point and went all 60s/Kinks pop. Worked surprisingly well on some of the songs, I liked that album.

Could a Sonic/Lemmy collab be in the works?

makes sense. "lady dada's nightmare" sounds like sonic's been listening to hawkwind's "goat willow" and "wind of change" some lately

and captain memphis sounds suspiciously like jim morrison. "the old cow dies" could be a doors song. "santa monica sunday and the big one still coming, another hotel room window high overlooking freeway arteries. . . ."

what is dance bobbins?

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i think everyone who wants to like this album more than they actually do and especially everyone who wants to hear some sonic boom influence should check out DELOREAN

Guys I am listening to this album on whoismgmt.com and it is *really* bad.

yup

it seems kind of amazing that these guys are *headlining* Red Rocks outside of Denver this summer. Are they really that popular?

hmm is this a recorder solo I hear

Congratulation on the 6.8 in Pitchfork, MGMT

So weird that nobody is saying "Congratulations" the track could be a single. It's pretty badass, if a slow jam...

This time out, MGMT aren't crafting pop; they're Creating fArt.

Missed opportunity for poop/fart 2x joke.

congratulation to mgmt and columbia for needlessly pressing a 43 minute album on 2 lps and charging $30 for it.

If I wrote for some online music mag I'd be tempted to refer to MGMT, in my review of this new album (to which I've listened exactly once), as "Spacemen Twee" -- tell me that's not an apt description!

SPACEMEN TWEE!

Oracular Spectacular is still such a great album. It's a really warm summer'y day over here and I've been blasting it all day and it's been perfect.

Congratulation MGMT on booking three nights at brixton academy (that's 15,000 people) before people realise it's time for you to disappear.

You mean, ATP is hosting MGMT for three nights at Brixton?

We're not that cool unfortunately

Congratulation to MGMT on being too cool for ATP.

So while I still think the album mostly sucked, being exposed to it again made me realize there are some cool "moments" sprinkled throughout... but none that add up to a cool song.

Been listening to "Congratulations" a bit more. I think I like it even more than the first album. It's really grown on me. The title track is still my favorite but "I Found a Whistle" and "Lady Dada's Nightmare" are my current fave jamz. This record is far better than it gets credit for.

Also about 70% of "Siberian Breaks" is top notch!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWawd9Vvpb8&feature=player_embedded

Yes, Virginia, they are covering the Clean.

covering the Clean's not making them any more credible

As predicted, MGMT's oddball album isn't exactly tearing up the charts-- it currently sits at number 166 on Billboard's Top 200, three spots behind Ariel Pink's Before Today. Weird times.

covering the Clean's not making them any more credible

Not making whom any more credible: the Clean or MGMT?

congratulation to mgmt for covering the clean

Not making whom any more credible: the Clean or MGMT?

well, considering The Clean have about 30 great songs as appose to 1 ok one, who do you think?

mgmt late night tales has an excellent track list... v impressed for them including the bix

wow yeah Laughing Boy by Copey! love that one.

New album coming out. I re-listened to "Congratulations" recently and while it didn't wow me as much as when it came out I still really really like it.

"Congratulation" in this thread title always made me lol

Aw hell, "Someone's Missing" is probably my fave track of theirs. But mostly just for the Jackson 5-style ending.

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15334-alien-days/

Hard to tell if this is a proper indicator of what the next LP will sound like since it was a Record Store Day release, but it's, uhh...pretty lame.

Whatever, though. Not going to begrudge these guys for going down the road of their choice, but I have better things to do.

I like it it's good

i like it too. i'm glad they are building on their last album instead of retreating back to a more accessible sound. tbh, i loved congratulations from the start and i didn't understand what people were talking about when they said it was "weird" or "challenging." to me it seemed like a really great psych pop album. i listened to it a zillion times.

i mean "plants...as far as i know/ are still bending...towards the light!" is a classic lyric.