MGMT - any good??

[rollinder]

Kids is good though - didn't realise that was them til today

 

[futha]

i like them but the album is a little patchy. They veer perilously close to prog rock every now and then (and not in a good way!). Still a great band though and time to pretend,electric feel and kids are great singles!

 

[Johnny Vodka]

The 'sound' is synthy and pretty and slightly psychadelic so the chap who recommended was kind of right.

No sexy funk in there, and its not 'raw' like he recommended either.

Electric Feel is pretty damn funky and sexy (the song of the summer!) imo, but otherwise I don't think they try to be.

Whoever mentioned Justice, Justice have actually remixed at least one MGMT track...

 

[nino_savatte]

They're good but the album is a tad bitty. Some cracking tunes on there but some blatant fillers to boot too.

'Weekend Wars' and 'Kids' though are two of the best tracks I've heard all year from any band.

I agree. There's about 5 or 6 good tracks and the rest are crap.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

So anyone seen them live yet? Are they the kind of band that might benefit from dropping some illicit substance beforehand?

 

[Stavross]

anybody mentioned the Soulwax remix of Kids yet? if not it's great
not heard the rest of the album nor do i intend to after reading some of the comments on here about it

 

[Madusa]

So yeah, have been really getting into this band recently. And the singer is pure phwooaaarrr! Is all.

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

don't waste your time going to see them. Seen then twice now (once at Roskilde and once with them headling). Both times they were boring. Too proggy and noodley and not in a good way.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Kids is good but they're painfully wanky.

 

[ethel]

they are okay, couple of decent tunes.

 

[Roadkill]

They're nothing very special IMHO.

 

[Silva]

They're a typical Pitchfork-endorsed band - not as godly as they claim, but pack a couple of tunes that will rightly make to a lot "songs of the year" lists, along too much filler to be truly enjoyable more than a few times before hitting the "skip" button.

Time To Pretend is class, for all that matters.

I'm sticking with this. Great singles separated by a number of worthless filler tracks.

 

[Riklet]

I think they're pretty fucking cool; good album anyway, although Kids and Time To Pretend are the real clinchers. They're hardly fantastic, but it's something vaguely new and stuck-in-your-head-able so who gives

 

[pk]

Time To Pretend is class, for all that matters.

Innit.

They seem to have achieved with that song alone more than the entire Arcade Fire back catalogue.

Fair play to them.

 

[electrogirl]

They are electro-wank, but I really really like them.

 

[The_Reverend_M]

They seem to have achieved with that song alone more than the entire Arcade Fire back catalogue.

Utter balls!!!

 

[F_Burnside]

I very much liked the album then, and I very much like it now'

 

[jbob]

Acutely average.

 

[rikwakefield]

The album is definitely a grower.

 

[twistedAM]

nah.
They have one song that was a right rip-off of Squeeze

 

[electrogirl]

nah.
They have one song that was a right rip-off of Squeeze

which?

 

[sim667]

I thought it was gonna be nu ravey..... but i got an album and its really indie ish

although i havent listened to it fully, have i got the wrong end of the stick?

Just for the record, I eventually decided i really like them

Especially up to 'kids' on th album, the 2nd half aint as good.....

 

[twistedAM]

which?

Up the Junction. Don't know what MGMT called their version.

 

[electrogirl]

Up the Junction. Don't know what MGMT called their version.

oh. can't think of one that sounds like 'up the junction' tbh.

 

[twister]

Kids is good but they're painfully wanky.

just realised what this track is. LOVE IT. Rocked out at Chew The Fat to a wonderful electro version..

 

[Looby]

I absolutely love time to pretend but don't really know anything else. Might have a look on you tube.

 

[twister]

sod youtube:

https://www.spotify.com/en/get-started/