Well it finally leaked through the interwebs, so what other option does the duo and their label have but to put it up for free streaming? Congratulations wont officially be available to purchase until April 13th, so in an effort to divert websters away from the shitty low-bitrate version floating around, it's up for free listen at the band's website. Along with the album, the band posted this:"Hey everybody, the album leaked, and we wanted you to be able to hear it from us. We wanted to offer it as a free download but that didn't make sense to anyone but us."
After a preliminary run-through, I'm not impressed. It sounds like MGMT lack any lyrical sense, perhaps using all of their best material on Oracular Spectacular. I can't say that I'm surprised, it's not like any of the pre-Time To Pretend EP music was any good. Go listen to any of The Management (pre mgmt) Demos or River Offices and that's right back where the guys are heading.
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Hi TWP,
On behalf of Columbia Records and MGMT many thanks for plugging "Congratulations" on your site (street date 13th April) ... .. thanks, also, on behalf of the label, management and artist for not posting any pirate links to unreleased (studio) material and, if you / your readers want good quality, non-pirated, preview tracks, then a full length version of "Flash Delirium" is available for fans and bloggers to link to / post / host etc at www.whoismgmt.com/ ... .. for further details of the new album, on-line promotions, videos and 2010 shows, check-out the official site, as well as the artist's MySpace at www.myspace.com/mgmt and YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/mgmtmusic ... .. and keep an eye on these official sources for details of further news, preview material and on-line promotions.
Also and as a goodwill gesture to fans and bloggers, an exclusive preview stream of the full album is currently available via the band’s website at www.whoismgmt.com (as already featured by you) ... .. this is for hyper-linking ONLY and for streaming by fans directly off the band’s official website, so please reciprocate this goodwill gesture by NOT ripping or embedding these files.
Thanks again for your plug.
Regards,
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I agree, this album is clearly sub-par with Oracular Spectacular...at least that album had some trippy lyrics that made sense (if you were messed up) and had some interesting beats. This new one seems a little sad...I found a whistle? common guys really...ugh.
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