After two years of the bulbs flashing, MGMT must have been planning to knock their catchy pop synth busters with shining anthem value image and try at the psychedelic rebellion.
"Congratulations" is nothing at all like their epic breakthrough album "Oracular Spectacular". "Oracular.." never strayed from a genius formula of synthesizer heartbeats and battle cry lyrics. "Congratulations" comes across greatly as the after party of all the fame. It is the riveting mountain-climb of a concept album which tells a story seemingly told through a drug addled Andrew VanWyngarden's weeping cry and humming put off into the distance."Oh Maryanne, pass me the joint." WynGarden whispers in a 12-minute dream "Siberian Breaks". From the flagship song "Flash Delirium" and an upbeat "Song for Dan Treacy", which are the most similar to Oracular's charm, to psycho-nuggets "I Found a Whistle" and the wonderful song of the same title as the album "Congratulations" sound like a '67 jam session.
"Congratulations", in a sense, is a perfect follow up. They stray from what's their boundries, and this may be their breakthrough. All I know is that the kids at Hot Topic are not going to be too happy with this new MGMT. A-
DOWNLOAD THIS: "Song for Dan Treacy" (and) "Congratulations".
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