MGMT has always been eccentric in their own way, but with their ever-popular album Oracular Spectacular we welcomed them with open arms with whatever songwriting idea they had. Now, however, we are a bit perplexed with their latest album, Congratulations. It feels like we’ve been waiting forever for new material – although it’s only really been three years – but we can’t help but feel different about their new approach with this album. You can stream over at their website in its entirety.

You all also told us that you were down with the new single, “Flash Delirium,” which has unexpected choppiness in terms of genres; so maybe you’ll like the video that goes along with it as well.

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Although most of you said you enjoyed the new MGMT track, there is still buzz going around about how it doesn’t sound like the MGMT arrangements we’re used to. As we previously mentioned, “Flash Delirium” combines a whole of of choppy material all under five minutes instead of the psychedelic falsetto melodies we like so much from the Brooklyn duo.

Well, it turns out that MGMT has read all our tweets and blog posts and basically apologized for the new song. Why are they apologizing for material they’ve proudly released under their name? According to Spinner, MGMT initially thought the song was hilariously ridiculous as well and assures us that it is not a single from their upcoming album, Congratulations.

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Indie or mainstream music fan, it’s safe to assume that mostly everyone liked what they heard off of MGMT‘s Oracular Spectacular which was released way back in 2007. Instant hits such as ‘Time To Pretend,” “Kids,” and “Electric Feel” solidified the Brooklyn duo as the ultimate hipsters who loved to sing in falsetto and dance with half-naked people in the forest. Eccentric with incredibly strong pop melodies is what we all fell for, to say the least.

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