MGMT announce Congratulations

Electro-pop heavy weights MGMT have announced their sophomore studio album Congratulations, will be released in Australia on Friday, April 9.

One of 2010’s most eagerly anticipated new releases, Congratulations is the successor to MGMT’s Oracular Spectacular, the 2008 debut album which established the band’s potential as a visionary force in pop music.

The bands label Sony Music say “Congratulations is a collection of nine individual musical tours de force sequenced to flow with sonic and thematic coherence,” of course, by this, they just mean there are nine tracks on the album. Sounds more like and extended EP to me…

Produced by MGMT and Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3, E.A.R., Spectrum), Congratulations was recorded throughout 2009 in upstate New York, Malibu, and Brooklyn and features Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, MGMT’s core duo, performing with Matt Asti (bass, backing vocals), Will Berman (drums, backing vocals), and James Richardson (guitar, backing vocals), the band’s live line-up.

“With Congratulations,” Sony says, “MGMT unlock a new musical world whirling in its own space/time grid infused with hints of music from the past five decades.  Soulful and complex, Congratulations is a surprising and delightful quantum step forward in MGMT’s ongoing pop revolution.

Of course, none of these ‘individual musical tours de force’ of the ‘pop revolution’ will be released as a single. MGMT have stated they’re kickin’ it old school, taking the Zeppelin road less travelled and refusing to release singles from the new album. Time will tell if this actually happens.

If you’re super keen, Congratulations is available for pre-order on the band’s website.

CONGRATULATIONS Track Listing:
1. It’s Working
2. Song for Dan Treacy
3. Someone’s Missing
4. Flash Delirium
5. I Found a Whistle
6. Siberian Breaks
7. Brian Eno
8. Lady Dada’s Nightmare
9. Congratulations