MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
(that may look familiar to you,.)
What a year for Brooklyn! I mean what are they feeding them fellas & gals up there? Let's see, I'll attempt to name a few of the "buzz bands" that have originated, or met up in this fine borough in the last few years: There's LCD Soundsystem, Grizzly Bear, Yeasayer, Gang Gang Dance, TV on the Radio, Interpol, The Strokes, Vampire Weekend, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, & like loads & loads more, but for the sake of time, we'll move on,...
Brooklyn by way of Wesleyan University, MGMT is the arty, prog-rock odyssey/psychedelic electro-clash invention of Andrew VanWyngarden & Ben Goldwasser. Pulling influences from every genre possible, MGMT succeed in making a record that resembles all things 70's, Bowie, funk, & electronic-disco-synth rock while poking fun at all things serious, take the words from the lead track, Time To Pretend for example:
I'm Feelin rough I'm Feelin raw I'm in the prime of my life.
Let's make some music make some money find some models for wives.
I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin and fuck with the stars.
You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars.
Yeah it's overwhelming, but what else can we do?
Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute?
,........see what I mean?
Electric Feel wins song of the year for me, with it's swirling disco melody, funk rhythm guitar & throbbing beat, pure musical ecstasy is easily achieved. Enjoy,.....or don't.
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