MGMT (album)
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MGMT is the self-titled forthcoming third album by American psychedelic rock band MGMT.
History
On September 27, 2010, an interview article in Spin quoted them as saying that they will have less freedom on this album, claiming that Columbia was not happy with the reception of the band's second album, Congratulations. MGMT later denied these statements in an email to Pitchfork, who cited the article on their own site as a side note to a different story. Stating that they were not "even close to starting the process of making a new album" and that "label-relations are currently quite friendly". Finally telling readers "Don't believe everything that you read (even on Pitchfork.com)."[1]
In an interview with American Songwriter published on November 8, 2010, VanWyngarden and Goldwasser said their third album will be self-titled, and that "usually if we say something and it gets published, we stick to it. That's what happened with Congratulations." Regarding the content of the album, Goldwasser said “Something that’d be fun to do is have a decent number of songs on the album that can easily be extended or have sections that could turn into a really trance-y, repetitive thing live.”[2]
When in Argentina to perform on January 22, 2011,[3] [4] they told Rocktails they have worked on some sounds but that there are no clear ideas yet.[5]
On February 28, 2011, they told Coup de Main magazine that they will be on tour until April, when they will begin work on demos for the third album.[6]
On January 26, 2012 MGMT confirmed in an interview with Gibby Haynes of Butthole Surfers in the inaugural issue of Intercourse Magazine that they had started work on the album. VanWyngarden stated that he has written five songs, inspired by R.E.M..[7]
On February 27, the band began recording the album at Tarbox Road Studios with producer Dave Fridmann.[8]
On March 1, Andrew VanWyngarden revealed in an interview that they will perform new songs on their upcoming shows in Argentina, Chile, México, Colombia, Brazil and Puerto Rico.[9]
On March 30, the band premiered a new song, "Alien Days", at a show in Bogotá, Colombia.[10] at the Festival Estereo Picnic. The song was also played at the following shows in Latin America.
On August 3, Andrew VanWyngarden told "The Morning Call" that their new album was "too good not to talk about". He said he was enjoying it, it sounds close to Congratulations, and they're "making good songs" [11]
On January 29, 2013, the band told Rolling Stone that they "are not trying to make music that everyone understands the first time they hear it." They also confirmed that a song entitled "Mystery Disease" and a cover of 1968 Faine Jade's "Instrospection" will be included on the album, which is due for a June release.[12]
References
- ^ "MGMT Respond to Piss Attack Allegations". Pitchfork. 2010-09-28. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
- ^ "MGMT Reveals Third Album Title In Nashville". American Songwriter. 2010-11-08.
- ^ "MGMT in Argentina [[Portuguese language]]". Official Page.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ "Niet compatibele browser". Facebook. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
- ^ "MGMT in Argentina[[Spanish language]]". Rocktails.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ "MGMT's ANDREW VANWYNGARDEN issues a vinyl shopping and coffee date invitation". Coupdemainmagazine.com. 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
- ^ "Gibby on MGMT". Intercourse Magazine. 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
- ^ http://www.davefridmann.com/dave/News.html
- ^ http://diariodonordeste.globo.com/materia.asp?codigo=1109713&fb_source=message
- ^ "MGMT @ Bogotá". UStream. 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
- ^ Moser, John. "MGMT says upcoming disc too good not to talk about". Retrieved 2012-11-25.
- ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mgmt-get-even-weirder-on-synth-heavy-third-album-20130129