New Old Andrew VanWyngarden (Of MGMT) - "Supervolcano"
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).
Andrew VanWyngarden - "Supervolcano" (MP3)
(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.
Posted at 2:47 PM by brandon in MP3
Tags: Andrew VanWyngarden | MGMT
Holy sweet merciful crap.
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Hahahaha! SO raw!
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hahaha please professionally record this song, and put it on the next album!
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NME also suck ass.
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Don't forget Accidental Mersh. That was Andrew's high school hippie jam band in Memphis circa 2000-01.
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Glitter Penis....
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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.
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DAMN THAT IS A SICK ASS SONG.
that keyboard solo is awesome
wee-yooooo-weee--VOLCANO!
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Andrew dreams of me and is going to be mine, he just doesn't know it yet but i do;)
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