MGMT Claim New Album Is "Less Paranoid And Distraught" Than 'Congratulations'
Tuesday, 02 July 2013
Written by Elliott Batte
American psych-rockers MGMT have opened up about their forthcoming eponymous new album - saying that it’s ‘less paranoid’ than their last album ‘Congratulations’.
The group release the record - their third - in September, and they seem to have taken a more relaxed approach to it than their 2010 album ‘Congratulations’ - which they described as "distraught, nervous, and paranoid".
“We’re feeling a little bit more at ease and ready to take whatever comes our way. First and foremost we feel like we’ve made a really good album that reflects who we are right now, which is a little bit less distraught, nervous and paranoid than we were three years ago. For lots of different reasons, 2010 was a wild ride for us.”
They continued:
“I would say that ‘Congratulations’ was a more paranoid album [than 'MGMT']. That was written coming off of a really intense run of touring and we didn’t really give ourselves any kind of a break, so the paranoia and lack of feeling that we were in control, I think that came across on ‘Congratulations’ a lot. The way that we wrote the music, it was intentionally uncomfortable. On the new album we wanted to make something that you could really sink into.”
You can catch MGMT performing their new material - plus some crowd favourites - at one of their four up and coming UK gigs. Check the dates and links below if you need tickets!
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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