MGMT - Little Dark Age (2018) [16.44 FLAC]

  Genres: Electronic, Rock
  Styles: Synthpop, Indie, Psychedelic
  Source: WEB
  Codec: FLAC
  Bit rate: ~ 1,000 kbps
  Bit depth: 16
  Sample rate: 44.1 kHz

  01 She Works Out Too Much
  02 Little Dark Age
  03 When You Die
  04 Me and Michael
  05 Tslamp
  06 James
  07 Days That Got Away
  08 One Thing Left to Try
  09 When You're Small
  10 Hand It Over

  After hitting it very big with their debut album and the song "Kids," MGMT dedicated themselves to making albums that would confuse and annoy people looking to hear more expansive, radio-friendly tunes like "Kids." Both 2010's Congratulations and 2013's self-titled record were informed by Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden's love of obscure psychedelia, oddball lyrics, and off-kilter strangeness. That they called in Sonic Boom to produce the former and Flaming Lips cohort Dave Fridmann to helm the latter says a lot about where the duo's minds resided. They weren't looking to top the charts; they wanted to do something weirder. By the time they started making their fourth album, the band had seen some changes and their record label was allegedly upset they couldn't write another "Kids." Whether it was the band's idea or the label's, Fridmann found himself teamed with a co-producer known for making radio friendly alt-pop, Chairlift's Patrick Wimberly. The result, 2018's Little Dark Age, isn't likely to make anyone totally happy. The record company must love the slicker sound that's easy to slot into a playlist, with restrained drums, glossy synths, and poppy melodies. What they wouldn't love is that the band are still as weird as ever. Whether it's the goofy sound effects on "When You Die," the spoken word sections of "She Works Out Too Much," or the trippy vocals of "James," there are lots of things happening that would serve to shock the casual listener out of a playlist-induced trance. The reason why fans of the band's psych-pop iconoclasm (whom they'd been nurturing to fruition) may be unhappy is that the record isn't weird enough