Oracular Spectacular - MGMT

==================== The Band ==================== MGMT are an electronic, psychedellic, indie duo from America. They have only recently hit the mainstream music scene with their electronic anthems such as 'Kids' and 'Time To Pretend'. Their music is completely unique, because of this they have gained themselves thousands of fans from all ages and walks of life, never failing to dissapoint with theor electrifying performances. There isn't much to write about MGMT because they are fairly new to the scene! The duo consists of Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser. To date, they have released two studio albums with another due to be released this year ...  Read the complete review

This is a very enjoyable album from New York based electro-pop duo MGMT. I first stumbled across them after being totally mesmerised by the video for Electric Feel which was getting occasional play on MTV2 back in early 2008, I did the research and found the album online and boy am I glad that I did. The best thing about it (I think) is that they have managed something quite significant in that they really dont sound much like anything else around at the moment. Sure you can clearly here the influences of seminal artists such as Bowie and Ultravox, but they manage to create a strangely beautiful and distinct sound of their own. This album was well ...  Read the complete review

''We make pop music, but pop music that isn't comfortable'' Andrew Vanwyngarden (MGMT front man) MGMT are an American electric psychedelic pop duo. I'm not normally a fan of electric, but when I heard "Time to Pretend" (on various television programmes) I thought it was a very catchy and fun tune. I first heard "Time to Pretend" on the Skins series 2 finale, and then again on the Gossip Girl series 1 finale. However, it wasn't until the Leeds Festival last august that I really got into MGMT. They performed their album live and I recognised both "Time to Pretend", and "Kids", although I didn't know who the actual ...  Read the complete review

There is something warm and summery about the tracks on this album. Imagine being wrapped up in velvet and floating on a cloud. This is the only way to describe the music on this album. The two songs I have on constant repeat are; Electric Feel - It is so catchy that I can't help but nod my head and move to the music. This song also makes me feel really sexy which sounds werid but it is definatly a song that a female could dance to and feel attractive. This is partially through the power of the lyrics and great rythem to the song. Kids - This makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. This is constantly on repeat no matter how often I ...  Read the complete review

Oracular spectacular is the first studio album from the indie electro band MGMT. It was released towards the end of 2007 and it did very well in the album charts as well as having successful singles as well. The first song off the album, time to pretend was also the first song to be released by the band as a single and it is also my favourite song of the album too. It has a very nice start to it and very nice electric keyboard parts all the way through. The singing is almost more spoken than sung and it sound very relaxing but this is something that really suit the song and their style of music I think. Electric feel was the second song off the ...  Read the complete review