New York duo MGMT are one to watch in 2008 and their first full length album Oracular Spectacular has already gained critical acclaim. Time to Pretend is the first single to be released.

Time to Pretend made me think of the Polyphonic Spree on a bit of a bender. The vocals are very pensive (and like all good rock songs, are about drugs) whilst the music is happy and cheery, with drum crashes and synth aplenty. A bit of a mismatch perhaps, but the song works really well, and I couldn’t get it out of my head for ages.

Go buy the album. Go on. You know you want to!

MGMT – Time to Pretend

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