February 9, 201016 yr Mark your calendars, Blackberries, iPhones, iPads, or just write it on your damn hand -- 'cause now it's officially official: MGMT's second album, Congratulations, will release in the U.S. on April 13. MGMT's core duo of Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser recorded the album at studios in Upstate, NY, Brooklyn, and Malibu, CA, with producer Peter Kember, a.k.a. Sonic Boom of shoegaze pioneers Spaceman 3, and their live band -- Matt Asti (bass), Will Berman (drums), and James Richardson (guitar). Royal Trux frontwoman Jennifer Herrema helped with vocals, while knob-twiddler extraordinaire Dave Fridmann (Mercury Rev, Flaming Lips) handled mixing duties. The release is the group's first since their 2007 breakout debut, the catchy and psychedelic Oracular Spectacular -- which landed MGMT on the cover of SPIN. "It's definitely going to shock people," Vanwyngarden recently told SPIN.com of the new album's sound. "We dropped any sort of irony that was on the first record, and Congratulations feels true to who we really are." Congratulations' nine songs are "sequenced to flow with sonic and thematic coherence." And according to Vanwyngarden, the album moves from "Lady Dada's Nightmare," a "very nightmare-ish sounding" instrumental track inspired by the "Poker Face" pop star, to "Congratulations," a song written about fame and the "worldwide economic crisis." Through it all, he said, there's one unifying influence: surfing, a sport he picked up while recording in Malibu. "There's a surfing thread throughout the record," he explained, citing another new song, called "It's Working." "When you're surfing, there's a specific break you're paddling to. And when the waves are really good you say, 'It's working.' The song kind of has a surf-y vibe. It's like surfing on ecstasy!" The ocean's influence on Congratulations is also evident on MGMT's website, which features an image of a beach with crashing waves and, in the upper left corner, a timer counting down to the album's release date. Another album track "Siberian Breaks" is a 12-minute-long tune that's "like eight different songs strung together into one, and the general theme is about surfing in the Arctic Circle by Russia," Vanwyngarden explained. As previously reported, MGMT debuted a pair of songs during their late-night set at Bonnaroo last June -- an untitled piano-led track that recalled the bright psychedelia and flowing arrangements of the Zombies' The Odyssey and the Oracle, and the album's title track, a more standard MGMT fare (catchy synths, sing-along vocals). Currently, MGMT have only two live concerts scheduled: an April 17 appearance at Coachella and a May 2 gig at New Jersey's Bamboozle fest. A full tour in support of Congratulations is expected to be announced soon. Tracklist below: Congratulations: 01 It's Working 02 Song for Dan Treacy 03 Someone's Missing 04 Flash Delirium 05 I Found a Whistle 06 Siberian Breaks 07 Brian Eno 08 Lady Dada's Nightmare 09 Congratulations
February 9, 201016 yr I really liked their first album. This one should be interesting to hear. It's about time though they have a release date, it seems though they've been talking about this album for a year.
February 9, 201016 yr ^My thought, exactly. Now this will be a wonder. The previous album was so good, it'll be hard to beat. Can't wait.
February 9, 201016 yr Congrats!:rolleyes: What? Seriously what was going through your head when you posted this?
February 9, 201016 yr Author MGMT are shit. No,they are awesome. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qq8MBQ--UA]YouTube- MGMT - TIME TO PRETEND - LIVE ON ABBEY ROAD[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwXsvwklvfA]YouTube- MGMT - ELECTRIC FEEL - LIVE ON ABBEY ROAD[/ame]
February 9, 201016 yr MGMT are shit, this album is gunna be shit. You know, you have to be one of the lamest most inadequate trolls I've ever come across. It's like you can't even be bothered to be an actual troll, so you just lazily pretend. You're the wimp of trolls. Other trolls could out troll you with a single word. You're the slime on their trolly feet. In fact, you're such a pathetic troll I'm feeding you out of pure disgust. You're such a stunted troll that no amount of troll food could possibly make you grow up into an actual troll, but hey, if it makes you stop squeaking so much it might be worth it. Trolls are not supposed to squeak. You're embarrassing. :angry:
February 9, 201016 yr Hahahahaha, I was just being truthful. You're right I'm beyond caring about trolling for the most part. I've had to endure them live a few times, I like a couple of songs, but they are on their EP so never got played live.
February 9, 201016 yr Who knows until it's out. It ultimately depends on the people- some use up their store of ideas on the first album, others learned how to come up with new ideas in a hurry from the process of the first album. :shrug: Hahahahaha, I was just being truthful. You're right I'm beyond caring about trolling for the most part.Yet you still expend the effort to go in nearly every thread and say how you hate it. :P Clearly you're not beyond caring enough, runt.
February 10, 201016 yr ^Bad bet. They had songs on top 40 radio. The sheep are going to buy it no matter how bad it is. Initial sales almost always say more about the quality of the preceding album than the one that's being bought.
February 10, 201016 yr ^Bad bet. They had songs on top 40 radio. The sheep are going to buy it no matter how bad it is. Initial sales almost always say more about the quality of the preceding album than the one that's being bought. I agree, but I don't think that it will score as much as the previous one if it sucks, cause I only bought Oracular Spectacular after hearing their singles on the radio a bunch of times. And I'll do the same with this one.
February 10, 201016 yr ^Bad bet. They had songs on top 40 radio. The sheep are going to buy it no matter how bad it is. Initial sales almost always say more about the quality of the preceding album than the one that's being bought. I don't care at all how well it sells. If total sales were any mark of talent and how good an album is, then Keisha's better at producing material than Grizzly Bear. NOT Failure to me is an album full of crap.
February 10, 201016 yr i know this is great news and is really important. but do we really need a new thread for it? there is already a MGMT thread.
February 10, 201016 yr You know, you have to be one of the lamest most inadequate trolls I've ever come across. It's like you can't even be bothered to be an actual troll, so you just lazily pretend. You're the wimp of trolls. Other trolls could out troll you with a single word. You're the slime on their trolly feet. In fact, you're such a pathetic troll I'm feeding you out of pure disgust. You're such a stunted troll that no amount of troll food could possibly make you grow up into an actual troll, but hey, if it makes you stop squeaking so much it might be worth it. Trolls are not supposed to squeak. You're embarrassing. :angry: In case you haven't noticed, he has also successfully "trolled" because you took the bait. Congratulations, you look like an idiot. I bet my hat this album will be a bit of a flop quality-wise, sales-wise of course it will sell. Oracular Spectacular was ok but didn't age well. (tauiwi it is Ke$ha not Keshia and yes she is terribly crap)
February 10, 201016 yr Author I bet my hat this album will be a bit of a flop quality-wise, sales-wise of course it will sell. Oracular Spectacular was ok but didn't age well. LMFAO @ Oracular spectacular didn't age well and ROTFL about the new album. go eat some kangaroo's shit
February 10, 201016 yr Yet you still expend the effort to go in nearly every thread and say how you hate it. :P Clearly you're not beyond caring enough, runt. I just really can't stand the wankfest surrounding MGMT, they are so average, really are. But people went on as if their debut was the best thing they'd ever heard, sure they are allowed that opinion but I just couldn't see it, so when I had to hear Kids for the 29865892th time I just cracked.
February 10, 201016 yr LMFAO @ Oracular spectacular didn't age well and ROTFL about the new album. go eat some kangaroo's shit Oh dear, you're a moron aren't you?
February 10, 201016 yr Oh dear, you're a moron aren't you? Is that your favourite word or something? You do seem to be rather fond of it.:rolleyes: Strangely enough, it seems you believe everyone is "moronic" apart from you.:dozey: I would suggest that your repeated use of the word is moronic in itself.
February 10, 201016 yr Is that your favourite word or something? You do seem to be rather fond of it.:rolleyes: Strangely enough, it seems you believe everyone is "moronic" apart from you.:dozey: I would suggest that your repeated use of the word is moronic in itself. I could suggest a lot about you, but I really don't give a shit.
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