MGMT: ‘We’re Sorry About Our New Song’


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Ben Goldwasser
, one half of Brooklyn-based duo MGMT, has apologised to fans for releasing the track ‘Flash Delirium‘ as a free download.

The song was the first new music to be released from the group’s upcoming new album ‘Congratulations‘, and was widely labelled as the first single, despite the band insisting they do not intend to release any singles from the new record. The make-up of the track has recieved mixed responses from some sections, and certainly displays the promised change of direction spoken about by the duo over the past few months.

Speaking to Spinner, Goldwasser seemed to suggest the band were as uneasy with the track initially as some of their fans have been, saying: “When we first wrote that song, we were laughing so hard.”

He continued: “Andrew (fellow member Andrew VanWyngarden) just reminded me of that – that we thought it was the funniest thing we’d ever heard. And then we got used to it, it started to sound more normal. It’s not a single, but we thought it was a good way to entice people to listen to the whole record. I’m sure there are plenty of people who think it’s completely weird and not what they were expecting. I’m sorry.”

MGMT will release ‘Congratulations‘, the follow-up to 2008’s ‘Oracular Spectacular‘, next month.


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  1. Amir Thompson 6 June, 2010