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MGMT started as a college lark — Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden met at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and began making jokey psychedelic pop on laptops before anyone expected it to go anywhere. Then "Kids," "Time to Pretend," and "Electric Feel" caught on, and suddenly the duo had one of the defining indie singles runs of the late 2000s. Rather than chase that sound, they spent later records wandering into stranger, more psychedelic corners of alternative rock, and found their way back to a huge audience with the darker synth-pop of 2018's "Little Dark Age."
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Oracular Spectacular (2007). Their debut is still the easiest way in, and it holds up as more than its hits — though the hits help. "Time to Pretend," "Electric Feel," and "Kids" are all here, surrounded by woozy, playful psych-pop like "Weekend Wars."
Biography
MGMT () is an American rock band formed in 2002 in Middletown, Connecticut. The group consists of Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, and was originally known as the Management before rebranding as MGMT in 2005. Both members are composers and multi-instrumentalists, while VanWyngarden is the group's lead vocalist and lyricist.
MGMT was formed while its members were attending Wesleyan University. Originally signed to Cantora Records by the label's co-founder, New York University undergraduate Will Griggs, MGMT later signed with Columbia and RED Ink in 2006 and released their debut album Oracular Spectacular the next year. Oracular Spectacular was supported by three successful singles: "Time to Pretend", "Electric Feel", and "Kids". At the 51st Grammy Awards, the Justice remix of "Electric Feel" won the Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. The group was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and "Kids" was nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 52nd Grammy Awards. They soon released "Pursuit of Happiness", a collaboration with Kid Cudi and Ratatat, which was notably remixed by Steve Aoki.
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Studio albums
Discography
Official studio albums and EPs.
- 2024Loss of LifeAlbum
- 2018Little Dark AgeAlbum
- 2013MGMTAlbum
- 2010CongratulationsAlbum
- 2007Oracular SpectacularAlbum
- 2005Time to PretendEP
- 2004We (Don’t) CareEP
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