Well now the imagery on the Oracular Spectacular cover that prompted Letterman to remark what a “good time that looks like” at the top of the show makes sense. Cue up the psychedelic colors and return to paradise setting as MGMT strip themselves of this world’s structure and start anew, Lord Of The Flies-meets-”Gronlandic Edit” style. They’re riding cats and worshiping temples and having babies, marking the second time in a little over a month they’ve helped create a new scene. We should’ve known by the vowel omissions they’d were busy dudes.
Oracular Spectacular is out now via Columbia.
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That is a shitload of terribly photoshopped hipsters.
I’ll be seeing them at the echoplex on saturday…i’ve seen some live footage….they sound kinda meh.
there better be some hotties there is all i’m sayin.
these guys do a shit ton of acid
this is so GETTY ADDRESS!
does anyone feel my vibe??? someone call James Sumner’s lawyer
http://vsanna.com/iwt_sel.html
This video screams early 90s, but with upgraded special fx.
amazing
my favorite part was when he shot the arrow at the monster and it exploded into a bunch of dolphins
why the fuck not?
I’m much digging the band, the song, and this video. Now that is a breath of fresh air. Wicked.
they played a real solid show at the merc last night
this is a weird but trippy video…I like it!!!
The serving of the Eucharist…pure cheese. Catchy number, though.
That’s not the Eucharist. They’re taking acid.
i’m having a flashback…of anthony kiedis’ crotch…give it away, now…cool video and song…but how many people are in this band? i was totally expecting a polyphonic thing going on, what a relief
Several moments in the video are direct recreations of images/scenes from Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain.
Brilliant!
i totally noticed the Holy Mountain refs…this song is basically how i feel about life right now.
Photos and a lil’ review from Mercury Lounge here:
http://fordhamobserver.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/mgmt-mercury-lounge/
I fuckin’ loves it
this is such a cynical attempt by a major label to appeal to hipsters. cuz hipsters love the 60s these days right? let’s have a big euphoric animal collective freak folk beach party! ra ra rah…
SNORE SNORE SNORE SNORE.
holy crap have you heard this band’s music beyond this song? they sound a lot more like Jet than yeasayer.
Review, Pictures and Video from the Walter’s On Washington gig in Houston here:
http://breakfastontour.com/drupal/?q=node/205
these dudes are the real thing. they were dancing in loincloths years before columbia threw money at them and offered to help them realize their dreams. PLUS the song is a satire about selling out, so have a sense of humor if you dare.
I am jealous of my friends who are more famous than me
That part at 0:55 where they jump out of the field reminds me of the level ends in Sonic the Hedgehog when all of the animals come out of the capsule.
Saw them in Phoenix last week. They look about 19, but I guess they’re not much older than that.
And the redhead guitarist looks like Eric Stoltz in “Fast Times.”
that wasnt the eucharist they were taking. i’m pretty sure they’re taking e tablets. ever see blue dolphin pills?
somehow… i feel they make music from somewhere deep and lost within us.
Great song, great video…. but now its stuck in my head…..
What to do, maybe ill buy their t-shirt and line up for concert tickets….. or maybe finish this beer… i dunno yet.
I’m a huge fan…fucking love these boys. It’s a great album and they’ve been getting better live. Check out this hilarious video from their college days – it’s kind of Flight of the Conchords esque (but it was done before the TV show)
http://www.planrpictures.com/mgmt_boogiedown.html
Thanks for the link- what a great video and song.
WHAT A CRACKING TUNE
acid
this video has many references to a movie called “Holy Mountain” by Alejandro Jodorowsky, another muthafucka who did a shitload of acid. The video’s tight, though, and so is the movie
Wait, what’s a hipster. Is that a term used by people that do the exact same thing as “hipsters,” but dont seem to get recognized for it. That makes you sad, huh? Its alright, man. People like you. I promise.
MGMT is the shit and so is acid. Put them both together and i dont know what to do with myself… but i agree with mark right now so i think i will just finish my beer.