There's a strong chance that American readers of CMU will already be well acquainted with Brooklyn band MGMT by now, them having pricked the ears of both music bible Rolling Stone and e-music bible Pitchfork with debut album, 'Oracular Spectacular'. Their birthplace doesn't seem to have obviously influenced their work, however, as their sound is, for argument's sake, enamelled with Englishness - particularly echoing prog-types Pink Floyd. For your first visit, listen to lead single, 'Time To Pretend', which features a tantilising mix of wavering synthesiser, classic prog rock and mystical indieness, all produced under the guidance of Flaming Lips cohort Brian Friedman. It's fine stuff and with more of said good press and some luck, vowel absent band names could be the biggest news of next year.
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