Mention MGMT to anyone who loved their album Oracular Spectacular and talk immediately moves to how their latest album Congratulations is less instant – the attention-grabbing melodies aren’t there.
Well I ventured out to their Brixton Academy show preparing just to enjoy the songs from Oracular like Time to Pretend or Electric Feel. To be honest I had just managed to listen to Congratulations once. But guess what… I left appreciating the dedication to slightly more complicated song structures and harmonies in their most recent music – at the more accomplished side of alternative music. Their songs soared, etching their own space in my memory and made me feel slightly ashamed for not taking the time to get to know them well enough before attending.
At times they looked a little like shoe-gazers if it wasn’t for the pace picking up on songs such as Kids. I’ll be humming Someone’s Missing and I’m Working from the latest collection. The band touched us with their gentle appreciation of us and their obvious musicianship. Long may they continue!
Cherrydial 
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