Okay, I had some thoughts about my last review of the MGMT's, Oraculer Spectacular, album. And I decided I wrote it in a spit of malice, as I had been quite depressed about my stupidity. So, I am now re-reviewing the album (adding the parts I left out and editing some previous thoughts), since I've had ample time to hear it a couple of times.The work starts with "Time to Pretend", entrusting to the listener that a vain life is a good life (it's not, right?): "Let's make some money/Make some music/Find some models for wives" - an odd way to follow such an upbeat and accredited introduction. In a later verse, the narrator pines for childhood, but retreats again in the succeeding chorus to pretend - hide about the way things really are. Yeah, this is a great song.
One song I did not mention in the previous post was "Kids". I guess it sort of talks about growing up but staying a kid at the same time - (the sound of kids on a playground), then, "Control yourself/Take only what you need from them." If you don't like the song sitting down, try standing up and let the song tell you what to do.
And as for the whole album, I said the last half was not nearly as good as the first, starting with the track "4th dimensional trans". Though the track is strange compared to its predecessors, it is a nice break from the disco-like beats up to that point. The end of the song reminds me of the music in Diablo, a computer game with really cool 12 string guitar music."Pieces of What" is simply a good song, with a placid Oasis quality. It could easily drive a montage of a sad sad breakup in a movie like American Pie. But, sadly, it does not. So get that dream out of your head. But do listen to it.
I also said that "Of Moons, Birds & Mon" was a bad song. Now while it is my least favorite song on the album, I think an album needs a shitty song sometimes. Especially this one, because the other songs are so damn brilliant. The last half of the song starts to change its mind however, and starts to pick itself out of the mud, with a gnarly noise jam. Eh.
The album DOES end a bit departed from the brilliance of lyrics in early songs, but it does end the way it started: upbeat. Though, this time, winding upward and outward in "Future Reflections"; a good way for a thing to end, I think. I like it.Take that, previous post.
