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The new album will be interesting. It's been co-produced by Sonic Boom, former Spaceman 3 and Spectrum main man, it's not going to be a hit fest, but I personally love a lot of Sonic's work.
It also has contributions from the former Royal Trux singer, Jennifer Herrema.
So MGMT have made an album with the help of 2 of my favourite people in music. I, for one should love it.
It also has contributions from the former Royal Trux singer, Jennifer Herrema.
So MGMT have made an album with the help of 2 of my favourite people in music. I, for one should love it.
Edited by Baby Huey on Monday 12th April 18:24
Well.
I've only listened to it once on the train this morning and, in fairness, I'd like to listen to it a couple more times.
But.
Whilst it's definitely a commercial offering, it doesn't have a clearly identifiable list of 'hits' like Oracular. There's less use of the really haunting melodies and vocals which I liked so much in the first album. It's going more in the direction of The Byrds and folky-rock rather than more 'proggy rock'; I think the latter suits the very modern use of electronica they mix with the retro sound. It IS the kind of album people will just chuck on to have in the background though, so in that way it'll probably have a longer shelf-life than Oracular, for which each track was rapidly associated with something or other - ads, TV, chart hit etc.
But a couple of tracks did jump straight out.
Initial thoughts:
1. It's Working - Could be a track from Oracular. Will appeal to fans who don't want MGMT to develop.
2. Song for Dan Treacy - Rubbish. Sounds like something by The Housemartins.
3. Someone's missing - OK - but a bit too poppy for me. MGMT does Brotherhood of Man
4. Flash Delerium - Could be any 90s indie band
5. I found a whistle - Tried way too hard with the pretentious lyrics on this one. Very Moody Blues; a pleasant enough ballad, but it'll never be Nights in White Satin
6. Siberian Breaks - My favourite. Just over 12 minutes long. Prog rock for the Teenies (what's this decade called?) Folky intro, develops well and climaxes with a signature MGMT electronica set-piece. Very good.
7. Brian Eno - If Madness did a record called 'Brian Eno'; this would be it. A little unfair maybe, but this track is definitely more Muse than MGMT.
8. Lady Dada's Nightmare - My other favourite track. An instrumental. A dreamy exploration of sleep. Just over four minutes long; would have been better as an element of a much larger piece of work, IMO.
9. Congratulations - A bit Cliff Richard, to be frank.
I've only listened to it once on the train this morning and, in fairness, I'd like to listen to it a couple more times.
But.
Whilst it's definitely a commercial offering, it doesn't have a clearly identifiable list of 'hits' like Oracular. There's less use of the really haunting melodies and vocals which I liked so much in the first album. It's going more in the direction of The Byrds and folky-rock rather than more 'proggy rock'; I think the latter suits the very modern use of electronica they mix with the retro sound. It IS the kind of album people will just chuck on to have in the background though, so in that way it'll probably have a longer shelf-life than Oracular, for which each track was rapidly associated with something or other - ads, TV, chart hit etc.
But a couple of tracks did jump straight out.
Initial thoughts:
1. It's Working - Could be a track from Oracular. Will appeal to fans who don't want MGMT to develop.
2. Song for Dan Treacy - Rubbish. Sounds like something by The Housemartins.
3. Someone's missing - OK - but a bit too poppy for me. MGMT does Brotherhood of Man
4. Flash Delerium - Could be any 90s indie band
5. I found a whistle - Tried way too hard with the pretentious lyrics on this one. Very Moody Blues; a pleasant enough ballad, but it'll never be Nights in White Satin
6. Siberian Breaks - My favourite. Just over 12 minutes long. Prog rock for the Teenies (what's this decade called?) Folky intro, develops well and climaxes with a signature MGMT electronica set-piece. Very good.
7. Brian Eno - If Madness did a record called 'Brian Eno'; this would be it. A little unfair maybe, but this track is definitely more Muse than MGMT.
8. Lady Dada's Nightmare - My other favourite track. An instrumental. A dreamy exploration of sleep. Just over four minutes long; would have been better as an element of a much larger piece of work, IMO.
9. Congratulations - A bit Cliff Richard, to be frank.
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