MGMT currently possess some pretty fancy hair and an album, Oracular Spectacular, that NME considers the best of the year. Just three years ago, though, Andrew VanWyngarden was still a student at Wesleyan, penning songs about volcanoes for an Earth & Earth Science class. Instead of Ben Goldwasser by his side, it was Ethan Leinwand (also Wesleyan ’05), and the exact name of the class was (we think) “Hazardous Earth: Stuff That Will Kill You.” Crazy liberal arts schools. Take a listen. This was before they were accompanied by very sexy girls who can dance for real (or body paint).
(Via Wesleying, thanks for the tip, Charles S.)
If you want to keep digging into VanWyngarden’s past, here’s his Glitter Penis. We’re not sure how a Glitter Penis relates to a “Supervolcano,” but there must be some sort of connection.
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Holy sweet merciful crap.
Hahahaha! SO raw!
hahaha please professionally record this song, and put it on the next album!
NME also suck ass.
Don’t forget Accidental Mersh. That was Andrew’s high school hippie jam band in Memphis circa 2000-01.
Glitter Penis….
Glitter Penis is a “parody” band Andrew created with his high school buddy Dan Treharne. It’s not related to “Supervolcano”, which was recorded four years later during Andrew’s final year at Wesleyan. Oy, I don’t know how I became such an MGMT dork.
At least I don’t know Andrew’s favorite flavor of slurpee or anything.
DAMN THAT IS A SICK ASS SONG.
that keyboard solo is awesome
wee-yooooo-weee–VOLCANO!
Andrew dreams of me and is going to be mine, he just doesn’t know it yet but i do;)