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Editorial Review:
The term Oracular Spectacular might not mean much, if anything, at all--it's essentially nonsensical--but that doesn't stop it feeling exactly right. Here is a band that treats dizzy cross-eyed awe and a vast bounding sense of sonic weightlessness as their yardstick, jostling to surpass themselves on a track-by-track basis and aiming for the musical equivalent of performing somersaults in tye-dye t-shirts off the rings of Jupiter. MGMT seemingly submit this debut album as an application to acquire and even supersede The Flaming Lips' previously uncontested mantle as spiritual leaders of over-sized Technicolor psychedelic-indie with a soul, weird but not so weird that swelling crowds and even flirtations with the charts aren't a foregone conclusion. "Time to Pretend" opens and sets a tone for the record, producer David Fridmann (Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev) providing a familiar expanse for them to riff across with bull's-eye synths, massive drums and their twist on the template--retro 80s electro and abstract shapes, see Suicide and the Talking Heads for reference. "The Youth" is centred around a hypnotically looping refrain that recalls Pink Floyd and David Bowie, as interpreted by a mellow Secret Machines and the brilliant "Pieces of What" is Ryan Adams spinning through cosmos with classic Neil Young on his headphones. "Future Reflections" meanwhile stand on its hands on a line somewhere in-between XTC and Ween. Thrillingly eclectic, endlessly colourful and never predictable. It's all a bit ridiculous, but indeed spectacularly so. --James Berry
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Wow...... best album i've listened to in a long while! Well, well, well, where have MGMT come from? They seem to have just popped up out of no man's land! I have to say, when I first heard them on Radio 1 I was a little unsue. But after seeing them live and listening to their album I just can't stop listening to it. The whole album is filled with hits, Time To Pretend, Weekend Wars, Electric Feel and Kids to name a few but to be honest I should really list them all! They kind of remind me of The Who! Amazing band, amazing album - a must buy
sweet listened to these guys after watching the recent "21" movie, and the whole album's good if you like that song!
One of the albums of the year, no question I got this album after I saw their set at Glastonbury, which was outstanding. This music is seriously fresh and funky, I can't get enough of it. After a couple of listens you can't fail but to be hooked on the vibe. The best songs are Electric Feel; Kids; Time to Pretend; Weekend Wars; Of Moons, Birds and Monsters. But the whole album is just so stinking fresh. Get it, and go see them live.
Old is the new new Whether you recognize the influences or not (everyone from Big Star and the Rolling Stones to Prince, Beck, and the Flaming Lips - I can even hear a vague Beethoven influence in Time to Pretend), you'll love this fresh take on funk rock. Just one thing. The "enhanced" content of the CD isn't really anything to write home about. It's a couple of fairly lame sets of about a dozen photos each (not very interesting ones) and an "interactive" version of the Electric Feel video (in practice, 10 videos you can... more info
