MGMT - a name for 2008

One of most exciting new sounds of 2008 (yes, I know we're only a month in) has been electro duo MGMT (pronounced The Management). The duo's eccentricity on record is echoed on their website biog, which informs us:

"MGMT is: Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, two psychic pilgrims whose paths first intersected in the green pastures of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, circa 2002." Andrew and Ben realized that -- despite their opposing views on methodology (one is spontaneously practical, the other is practically spontaneous) -- they shared a common love of mystic paganism (ironic indeed on a campus named for the founder of Methodism), psychotropic sounds, and the belief that a joke (or a joke song) could be sad, profound, and funny at the same time." Interesting guys!

With influences from the mainstream pop world, the underground hallucinogenic electronica of Suicide and the sonic soundscapes of The Flaming Lips, MGMT have created a debut album, 'Oracular Spectacular', that is a headphones experience, a dancefloor experience and a live experience all rolled into one. With Flaming Lips producer Dave Fridmann at the helm, it is a perfect union.

For some absurd reason, 'Oracular Spectacular' will not be released in Ireland until the summer. But it really is worth getting your hands on before that, if you can. Here is a taster from the album to persuade you....opening track 'Time To Pretend'.

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