Oracular Spectacular

MGMT are a New York duo whose Pop/Dance/Rock/Electronic sound makes for a heady mix. Their very playful disc "Oracular spectacular" comprises just 10 tracks (these days, loads of CDs average 11 tracks, doing away with filler).

"Let's make some music, make some money, find some models for wives" they sing in the buzzing "Time to pretend" as they spell out the hedonistic lifestyle they have mapped out.

The acoustic "Weekend wars" reminds me a wee bit of The Beatles. "Of monsters, birds & monsters" is more upbeat. An extremely catchy retro sounding Pop/Rocker. The echo-ey "The youth" is so retro sounding, almost a Doo-wop ballad with shimmery psychedelic effects. "Electric feel" is disco-tinged and finds the duo singing in falsetto. Extremely catchy and one of my favourites.

"Kids" (aptly filled with sounds of kids at play) is a stomping slice of Dance/Rock, while the droning "4th dimensional traditional" features some tribal sounding percussion. "Pieces of what" is a lovely acoustic ballad (with percussion and epic strings coming in before the end). "The handshake" is a lovely ballad with echo-ey/disembodied vocals, while closing is the woozy psychedelic-sounding "Future reflections".

A spectacular debut!

Just shy of turning 40 I`ve become a little bit of a fossil regarding whats hip and new but Im so glad I didnt let this little gem get away. Really fantastic.

Not to sounds pretentious or like a music snob, but I use to listen to these guys since they were referred to as "The Management". All I can say is that they've definitely grown over the years and that this is their best record yet. If you like the single "Time to Pretend", you'll love the rest of the album. This is one of those records you'll listen to again in 10 years and it wont feel like it has aged.

I don't understand the rating of this album. I agree with it, but I don't undertand it. So far it is a collective 4 star. I give it 5 stars. Nay I give it Amazon 5 stars. It is not a true 5-star in the sense that it is a flawless album that can be recognized for greatness by just about anyone. However, I can asure you that this is an Amazon 5-star, where fans love it so much that they over-review it and give it five stars. If any album is worthy of that, it is this one. Call it what you want, New Wave, Glam, Electro-Indie, this album is amazing. There are 4 songs (tracks 1,3,4,9) that absolutely blow me away and make me want to share them with everyone I know. Probably Electric Eel most of all. Of the other 6 songs, you will not find 1 bad song. All songs have somehting that hooks you in to some extent. Again, not all seconds of this album are heaven, but I have not heard a track that I want to skip. If you are a fan of this genre or at least open to this genre, do yourself a favor and buy yourself this album. You can thank me later. They're greeeeeeeaat!

I really like this management band for a few reasons. First, they play super cool alternative rock that I can quote to my country music friends to make them sound all stupid and stuff. I'm in management for my company so I can relate to what these cats are speaking about. There are times where Bob will call a 9am roundtable about garble reports and I'll just yell at him that it's time to pretend. When it's time to pretend, I pretend my office is a 17th century castle and I'm the King. I declare war on the other offices around me and go around passing gas in them. They don't like it, but I'm an awesome mammal.

There are songs on this I don't get, but let me clue you in on a little secret. I lack the intelligence needed to comprehend many things. I'm totally awesome and good looking, so I've moved up the corporate ladder. I make enough money to buy my band asschowder new instruments every crescent moon. We tour arby's locations throughout Iowa with wholesome angst polka. Average pulled me over and asked me directions to runza last week and I said, "I don't deal with you."