Nothing else to add that hasn't been said already, don't think I need to explain lol
I AM SO GLAD THAT SOME RANDOM DUDE FOUND THIS CD, OMG
Yeah, it's a great album lol. Only track that didn't speak to me was The Eyes of Ibad (ignoring the og rotted versions), rest of the tracks are so good. The instrumentaion and production on here is just immaculate.
A very good project imo, and left an impression on me. I feel like MGMT are at some of their most creative peaks here with both their style, sound and lyricism. However, some of the songs on here just weren't for me or didn't strike me in a way that some of the other songs on here did (the singles leading up to this project were great).
There is not a single skip on the album. Each track's length is perfect as they are kept short and snappy, maintaining a very easy replayability to them. The sound and influence that this album had too can not be understated. The only gripe that I could pick at is the fact there's a lack of diversity in the sound of each of the tracks. But even with that, for what the album is, all the songs on here go hard and the band can be seen at there peak.
Going into this album, I had high expectations because of the two songs I already knew before that point, those being Lovesong and Lulluaby (which both slap icl). And although the album did not live up to the hype as much as I thought it would, it offered a different experience to me instead. A lush and dreamy soundscape that you can't help being sucked into, especially towards the middle of the LP. However, I found a number of tracks to be drawn out and boring while others achieved exactly ... read more