Go watch the MGMT video for Flash Delirium.
Total batshit greatness. It’s almost as awesome as Congratulations. Almost.
And if you haven’t yet indulged in the best album of the year thus far, then go ahead and check it out while you’re there. It’s still streaming, right there on the same page.
It’s been a little while since I wrote up a hiatus watch, mainly because I hadn’t found anything really worth sharing. Good music has come and gone, but great music? That’s been tough to find the past month or so. So, after my brief self-imposed exile last week, I’ve returned to inform you of some straight awesomeness.
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a new MGMT album coming out in a couple weeks. They released a song for download a week or two ago, and now they’re streaming the album from their website. As a result, folks have been letting their thoughts known for a little bit now. And all of their thoughts are fucking insane. Let’s get this out of the way right now: There is no “Kids” on this album. Nothing overly poppy. However, there is legitimately no reason for all of these reviewers to make it sound like MGMT has just made the WEIRDEST FUCKING ALBUM EVER. Shit, the way people are talking about this, you’d think that Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser were throwing piles of feces at a kick drum while reciting Arabic chants.
No, there’s no true pop on this album in the same vein as Oracular Spectacular. But, it’s still got its moments of catchy-ness. And, oh yeah, it’s fucking amazing. Continue reading…
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