MGMT, the duo composed of Andrew VanWyngarden and Benjamin Goldwasser, have unveiled details of their forthcoming fifth studio album, Loss Of Life.
The follow-up to 2018’s Little Dark Age is scheduled for release on 23rd February, 2024, through Mom + Pop. You can pre-order/pre-save it here. Accompanying the announcement is the release of MGMT’s new single ‘Mother Nature’, a track steeped in nostalgia with its guitar-driven sound. An animated music video, directed by Jordan Fish, accompanies the release, depicting a friendship between a dog and turtle as they combat an antagonistic pet collector. You can listen to it below: The band shared insights into the single, saying it “outlines the archetypical MGMT mythology of one hero attempting to get the other hero to come on the journey that they ‘must’ go on”. They added that one section of ‘Mother Nature’ has an Oasis-like sound.
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Jordan Fish, a collaborator since MGMT’s debut Oracular Spectacular, expressed his hope that the video “makes people happy and feel connected to family, friends and the animal kingdom”. The forthcoming album Loss Of Life will feature tracks such as ‘Dancing In Babylon’, a collaboration with Christine And The Queens, ‘People In The Streets’, ‘Bubblegum Dog’, and ‘I Wish I Was Joking’.
MGMT, now signed to the independent label Mom + Pop, expressed pride in their new work on social media: “All joking aside (never!), we are very proud of this album… and are happy to be releasing this baby into the world with Mom + Pop.”
The band described their musical direction for the album as “running at around 20 per cent adult contemporary and no more than this, please.”
The album was produced with Patrick Wimberly and saw continued collaboration with Dave Fridmann, who has mixed all of the duo’s previous albums.
The full tracklist for Loss Of Life is…
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The follow-up to 2018’s Little Dark Age is scheduled for release on 23rd February, 2024, through Mom + Pop. You can pre-order/pre-save it here. Accompanying the announcement is the release of MGMT’s new single ‘Mother Nature’, a track steeped in nostalgia with its guitar-driven sound. An animated music video, directed by Jordan Fish, accompanies the release, depicting a friendship between a dog and turtle as they combat an antagonistic pet collector. You can listen to it below: The band shared insights into the single, saying it “outlines the archetypical MGMT mythology of one hero attempting to get the other hero to come on the journey that they ‘must’ go on”. They added that one section of ‘Mother Nature’ has an Oasis-like sound.
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Jordan Fish, a collaborator since MGMT’s debut Oracular Spectacular, expressed his hope that the video “makes people happy and feel connected to family, friends and the animal kingdom”. The forthcoming album Loss Of Life will feature tracks such as ‘Dancing In Babylon’, a collaboration with Christine And The Queens, ‘People In The Streets’, ‘Bubblegum Dog’, and ‘I Wish I Was Joking’.
The album cover for Loss of Life
- ‘Loss Of Life (part 2)’
- ‘Mother Nature’
- ‘Dancing In Babylon’ (featuring Christine and the Queens)
- ‘People In The Streets’
- ‘Bubblegum Dog’
- ‘Nothing To Declare’
- ‘Nothing Changes’
- ‘Phradie’s Song’
- ‘I Wish I Was Joking’
- ‘Loss Of Life’
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