MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
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Free Music Review: funky flaming lips -- shame about the singing though
Hit: 3 Stars
These tracks sound more than just a little like The Flaming Lips and that is not a bad thing at all. There's a creative energy from beginning to end and the band clearly has a sense of humor. So....I like this CD but personally I have a short tolerance for male falsetto singing (its too often a way to hide that the singer cannot actually carry a tune). Since every track has this high-pitched one-tone singing, the CD gets a few giant demerits. Please guys, try to actually sing on your next CD or just make funky instrumentals? Free Music Review: Great Album.
Hit: 5 Stars
Just had my first listen and I think this is a great album.
MGMT has a great sound. NewWaveGlamRock is back MGMT!
Free Music Review: The Band That May Save Rock and Roll?
Hit: 5 Stars
Every few years a band comes along to blow everything out of the water and MGMT are that band. It's totally fresh and new and there's really nothing like it. The only thing it could even be compared to is if David Bowie and of Montreal had a baby, and that baby took lots of acid. "Time To Pretend" almost reminds me of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in a way. As soon as you hear the opening to the song you know it can't be anything else( I won't get into how it also speaks to the "disillusioned youth"). "Of Moons, Birds, and Monsters may be the best song on the album, along with "Pieces of What" If you want something new and exciting give this a try, you won't regret it. Free Music Review: Great Second Album
Hit: 5 Stars
I have MGMT's real first album, the one you could only buy over the internet or at their shows. I've been listening to it religiously for a couple of years, all seven songs. I'm glad to see that Time to Pretend and Kids made it to this album. But what happened to my favorites, Boogie Down and Destrokk? Either way, it's fantastic to see these guys get broader distribution. I'm outside of their generation, having grown up with 80's alternative bands influenced by VU (okay, and listening to a lot VU and other 70's psych bands along the way), and these guys have sure got talent. It's refreshing to see in today's music. For a treat, go to youtube and search both Boogie Down and Destrokk. "High fi fellas and low fi chicks" brilliant.Free Music Review: brilliant
Hit: 5 Stars
this album has single-handedly renewed my faith in my generation. for the last seven years or so, it seems like less and less original and intelligent music has been made, as mindless booty-shaking pop became the standard in every genre from rnb to indie rock.
MGMT's album takes those cultural trends breathes in new life and soul. it's a whirlwind tour through the musical fringes of the 70s, 80s and 90s, all permeated with a psychedelic haze that recalls Jane Fonda's freakish science fiction film Barbarella. but unlike Blur's rockumentary style albums, Oracular Spectacular is not a historical showcase but an intensely personal vision.
what really makes this album, tho, is not just the seemless blend of electronic, psychedelia, new wave and funk, but the insightful and even poetic lyrics. listen carefully and you might learn something. I know I did.