MGMT are back with their self-titled third studio album - 'MGMT' - set to be released on September 17.
The successor to 2008’s 'Oracular Spectacular' and 2010’s 'Congratulations', 'MGMT' finds Andrew Van Wyngarden and Ben Goldwasser continuing to push the boundaries of modern pop music. Returning to Tarbox Road Studios to work with longtime collaborator Dave Fridmann (co-producer and mixer of 'Oracular Spectacular' and 'Congratulations', The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala), Andrew and Ben experimented with various in-studio writing processes, allowing the music to tell them where it wanted to go. The result is a diverse collection of 10 songs (including a cover of Introspection by 1960’s psych band Faine Jade) that directly mirrors the duo's encompassing surrealist view of the everyday.
The world was given a taste of MGMT in April with the Record Store Day release of album opener Alien Day.In preparation for the release of 'MGMT', the band have begun assembling a variety of unique visual elements to accompany and illuminate the new music via "the Optimizer". Produced by MGMT live show video instrumentalist Alejandro Crawford, "the Optimizer" provides listeners of the album with a simultaneously aural and optical listening experience featuring video and CGI work by Andrew Benson, Emilio Gomariz, Geoffrey Lillemon, and Chris Timms. "The Optimizer" is part of an enhanced album package available on all commercial formats.
Your Life Is A Lie will be the first music video released and finds MGMT again working with Tom Kuntz, director of the band's 2010 mini-epic 'Congratulations' who has also received wide acclaim for his groundbreaking commercial and short film work. Up-and-coming indie director Sam Fleischner will be creating a clip for Alien Days, and a video for the serpentine Cool Song No. 2 is also in the works, both to be shot this summer.
Tracklisting for 'MGMT' is as follows:
Alien Days
Cool Song No. 2
Mystery Disease
Introspection
Your Life Is a Lie
A Good Sadness
Astro-Mancy
I Love You Too, Death
Plenty Of Girls In the Sea
An Orphan Of Fortune
MGMT will commence a tour of Europe this Autumn. The band's first show at the Forum in London sold out immediately.
Sat October 12th 2013 - GLASGOW O2 ABC Glasgow
Sun October 13th 2013 - WOLVERHAMPTON Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Mon October 14th 2013 - MANCHESTER O2 Apollo Manchester
Wed October 16th 2013 - LONDON The Forum
Thu October 17th 2013 - LONDON The Forum
Sat October 19th 2013 - DUBLIN Olympia Theatre
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