Jaz got a sneak peak of MGMT's forthcoming second release Congratulations, which - following their splendiferously technicoloured Oracular Spectacular - is one of the most anticipated albums of this year. If you were hoping for more of the same with album number two you're in for a bit of a shock.
Kicking off with what sounds like the backdrop for a Middle-Eastern market place, new track Flash Delirium is still psychedelic except with more of a Beach Boys surf rock air - think Help Me Rhonda on acid... at an ELO concert. With one song on the album titled Brian Eno, it's safe to say that the New York duo have set their sights on out-experimenting the electro-ambient rock superproducer in terms of innovation. On creating the album which hits the UK on 12th April, Andrew Vanwyngarden has said: "It's so great to be around such amazing and unusual musical minds". Among other catalysts, we're sure...
Transcend space and time and join MGMT on a psychedelic spiral odyssey... Alternatively download the track for free at www.whoismgmt.com
Or if you're running low on iPod space you could just stare at this for a few minutes for similar sensational vibrations...
Don't be afraid to check out Girls. Not in the creepy standing on street corners eyeing lasses up and down at random way. Girls are boys. Four boys, who formed a band. And because they've called themselves Girls and are a 'Band' they are very difficult to locate on Google without various detours via Girls Aloud, Spice Girls, etc. Nevertheless they exist somewhere in San Francisco and, more accessibly, in cyberspace (http://www.matadorrecords.com/girls/index.html - Jaz does all the hard work for you). They also, shock horror, sound nothing like girls... more like boys, or Beach Boys to be precise. The buzz has certainly arrived in time for those recently released Buddy Holly overdubs.
Lo-fi, lush and garage-like, their fuzzy surfpop resides in their debut album, more accurately titled Album. Incidentally, lead singer Christopher Owens was once in another monosyllabic band called Curls but clearly that name was a little too misleading... And, not to forget, he also used to be a member of the Children Of God cult, so expect hippie love, peace and harmony.
Get totally stoked and watch the video for Lust For Life (not an Iggy Pop cover), which looks like a TV advert for Urban Outfitters:
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