Congratulation to MGMT for their upcoming album

recorded with pete kember of spacemen 3 -

looks like the new one will be different from the debut: quieter, maybe minimal,with 60's psych influences:

song dor dan tracey - indeed sounds like television personalities/modern lovers.
it's working - kinks/barrett, maybe even animal collective.
congratulation - slow flaming lips
destrokk - spacemen 3 (surprising..)

it's gonna be enjoyable.i think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS0WvNij4Mo&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AZHvwPoEEw&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQKSIPhuqe4&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgYUdidfDtA&feature=related

recorded with pete kember of spacemen 3 -

WTF!?! not credited as Sonic Boom...?

He hasn't released an album as "Sonic Boom" since the early '90s, so it's probably fair to call him Pete now.

"The Adventures of Pete and Pete" eased the stigma of calling yourself that.

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/mgmtcover452.jpg

i love ausgang artwork

Jesus, that's the new MGMT cover?

That's not an MGMT cover, that's the inside gatefold of an old E.A.R. record - I can't remember the name of the painter but he did a lot of psychedelic cartoon stuff. Will google "E.A.R." and "The Transaction" which was the name of the painting and see what comes up.

Jesus Christ, I knew no good would come of those tots hanging around Sonic Cathedral like a pair of floppy puppies. Eurgh.

Anthony Ausgang, that's the artist.

They have taken too much of Sonic's hydroponic. o_0

After seeing these guys open for Of Montreal in a cafeteria five years ago, where they more or less just did karaoke over a PA backing track, I bought their Time To Preted EP. I got it home and was blown away at how good the thing was. Melodies Melodies Melodies. Amazing, catchy, poppy stuff. I was confused as to why the indie- community had yet to embrace these two dudes.

Flash to two years later, and they're on the cover of the NME and "Kids" is playing everywhere. Except where there used to be a perfect electric drumkit, there's now a live one, and....well, the magic's gone. It's not just that they're huge(ish) now. It's that their album pretty much sucked (save for the two tracks that were on the EP + "Electric Feel"). They used to exude a "we don't give a shit" attitude; now they're some psychedelic AnCo mockery.

I hate to be the "I just want them to be the way they used to be!" guy, but so it goes.

I urge everyone who likes even a single of these guys' songs to check out that debut EP. "Love Always Remains" > "Indie Rokkers" > "Kids" is pure pop gold. The breakdown in "Indie Rokkers" is probably the best thing they've done.

go fuck yourself kate

Excuse me?

perhaps they like ausgang's work? did you consider that? what the hell does it have to do with "sonic's hydroponic"? why do you have to be so smarmy about everything?

this isn't really about MGMT is it

no

wtf was that about? Not necessary, Jim.

http://boxtofu.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/explosion.jpg

jim.... back away from the keyboard

::terrified to say anything::

jim don't listen to them

whoa

Congratulation to MGMT

for their upcoming album

zeno is like the king of typos in thread titles

Based solely on amazing chorus in "The Youth" these guys deserve some attention.

That album cover makes perfect sense for this band. The first album's cover is not flattering and already looks dated.

congrats!

congrat

Really wish they'd have kept the original cover for the last album, I liked that much better.

So I'm confused now, is that the album cover or not? Did a quick search and other sources seem to agree.

Anyways I think it looks really good. Their first ep also had a psychedelic cartoon sort of cover so don't really understand why are you fighting upthread.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/MGMT_Time_To_Pretend.jpg

whatever your album cover ends up being MGMT i just wanna congratulate you guys on all your success, you definitely deserve it!

If anything their debut album should have kept the same sort of psychedelic cartoon style.

Congratulation MGMT.

congratulation to MGMT and all their supporters on their tremendous achievement

good luck mgmt

we should get them a card and all sign it

talking in a non-dickish way about mgmt album covers

congratulation to MGMT and all their supporters on their tremendous achievement

― eau de humanity (haitch), Friday, February 19, 2010 9:18 PM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky4dqfv6Sp1qzuxmwo1_400.jpg

hahaha brilliant

You can get the new single here:
http://www.whoismgmt.com/

Anyone like this? Definitely not a hit.

Congratulations on your new single MGMT!

Will the new album be less compressed than the debut? I am asking because the debut album was probably one of the loudest albums ever released, and I just cannot listen to it. It may be good, possible, but it wears my ears and head out to such an extent I just wasn't able to enjoy it.

this track sounds a lot like an Hot Cheap song

seeing as this album was financed by a major label, i'm willing to bet that they're just fucking around with this song (see also: album cover) and they'll put out a real single in a week or two

this apparently leaked late tonight -- assume it will get posted during tomorrow's hype cycle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v2hF0BVBA4

it sounds like belle & sebastian or something

also these guys are dickheads

(unrelated)

damn, that is really really boring.

i am of course referring to the track, not jordans opinion.

^ full album

I think I like the True Faith version of Me and Michael even more. https://youtu.be/_zK_m6EgVSQ

congratulations to MGMT

When you die is solid

the way album ends, when all of "Hand It Over" goes thru a super intense flanger, is really awesome, amazing ear candy for me

need to listen to this more before i comment further

It's too soon to poll this album, isn't it? I'm feeling a very strong attachment to at least half of these songs after listening to the album for the last 2 weeks.
Have I totally slept on this band (I've never listened to an MGMT album before, with the exception of their LateNightTales mix) or did they suddenly get really good?

no they released their masterpiece 8 years ago

this album is good but i fear too little too late... this should've come out in 2013

I dunno, I'm a big Congrats fan but I think the new one towers above it.

Lou Reed Turned Down an MGMT Collaboration, Told Them to Fire Their Managers: The band say they asked the late icon to appear on Congratulations

While talking about working on the album, they revealed that they approached Lou Reed to contribute vocals to their track “Lady Dada’s Nightmare.” “He pretty much said it didn’t need it,” they reveal. “And then he talked about how we also didn’t need managers, and our managers were there.” Soon after, they ran into Reed at a dog show (where they were dressed as dandies)

When your small is like people are strange meets pink Floyd. Love the lyric about curling into a ball, funny song

The bubbling synths on James are a lot like the style stereolab used on ffs - interlock iirc

My son is obsessed with this album. It apparently has very high meme value among the teenager set.

My 13-yr-old as well. I'm taking him and his younger brother to see them in Nashville next month, should be fun. (I like the album a lot, too.)

love the sonic details on this album, like the cartoon falling down stairs piano on "when you're small" and the Wendy Carlos clockwork orange styled synth parts on "Hand It Over"

this album is brilliant. love, love, love "When You Die."

The concert last night was as much fun as I expected. Did most of the new album, plus four Oracular, two from Congratulations and "Alien Days." (Plus a cover of "The Neverending Story.") "Flash Delirium" in concert is A+. My kids loved the whole show.

that sounds like an awesome time. i didn't know if they were a good live band or not but it does sound like a hell of a time.

Yeah, tight band, great light show, they put a lot of work into it. It helped that the hall has great acoustics, but they sounded great.

i'm buying tickets tomorrow and probably wouldn't have if Tipsy didn't say how good they were live. so thanks Tipsy Morthra!

Me and Michael wouldn't sound out of place on an old school M83 record

I'm officially going, so stoked for this

"I’m not that nice
I’m mean and I’m evil
Don’t call me nice"

i can't stop playing this album.

"GO. FUCK. YOUR. SELF. U. HERD. ME. RIGHT."

This is growing on me

the only indie album I have on rotation

going to see these guys in one week, i'm so excited. i now know the new album inside and out. i actually don't know Congratulation that well, only the debut and the new album.

You should listen to it, it's one of the best albums of the decade

"Flash Delirium" in particular is my favorite MGMT song. (And video.)

yeah it really is. title track, song for dan treacy, it's working are all completely classic

Buddy saw them and said they did a video mocking those who only like their 3 huge hits. Yeah - only the hits you made your careers on :-/

seeing these guys tonight, so excited. have no idea what to expect.

It'll be good!

at The Observatory Orange County, Costa Mesa, CA, USA

1. She Works Out Too Much
2. Little Dark Age
3. When You Die
4. Time to Pretend
5. James
6. Alien Days
7. Flash Delirium
8. Kids
9. The Youth
10. TSLAMP
11. Electric Feel
12. Me and Michael
13. Hand It Over

Encore:

14. When You're Small
15. Congratulations

May 16, 2018

the show was amazing. it leaned heavily on the new album witch was fine with me. it was all techno color and made you want to dance. the did play their three big hits and the place was packed. they had video going on with a smaller HD screen in front of a bigger screen and flashed all sorts of stuff on it. they were pretty psychedelic for the most part. fun show and will see these guys again. they should be massive in this type of music climatic (2018).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgGN_G7cU6k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycCPRVCoA9c

ending with Congratulations is so perfect

MGMT on Jimmy Kimmel last night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6g4_ZiT694

Oh then they played an extended set:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pslYctuASsU

^^^May 17, 2018 Jimmy Kimmel:

1. Little Dark Age
2. When You Die
3. James
4. TSLAMP
5. Me and Michael

is anyone on here seeing them in Hollywood tonight?

they played the same set but closed the show with "Siberian Breaks" instead. "Congratulations" was also played but was the last song before the Encore instead.

Congratulations to MGMT

Sick encore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABtQrFn7zQs

enjoyable new single

Wow that's great and a little bit new for them, I could take a whole album of songs like this. Bunch of youtube comments point out a Cure influence and I can hear that

Definitely sounds like The Cure

Is 11•11•11 any good?

Me and Michael booms!

Always like returning to little dark age whenever I need that particular taste of pop. Giving congratulations its first listen based on the reaction in this thread. Loving this second song, like a mid era Beatles song at 1.5x speed and a coat of slick modern production