Oracular Spectacular

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Condition Sealed
Manufacturer Europe
Format LP, Black Vinyl, Reissue
Date of release 2007/2022
Barcode 886971951219

Oracular Spectacular, the debut album by MGMT, is full of indie rock tropes. It’s got a revivalist sound, showing itself here in a love of big ’70s sound and space rock. It is dripping with irony and awfully self-aware. You can feel the duo constantly mugging at each other, and at us, as the record presses on. All of this piled into one record by a new band, especially now when we’re inundated with new bands not worthy of the hype, should be terribly irritating. But it’s not. Really. The smirks and winks are laid on thick here, but the band usually manages to overcome them with a sincere zeal for what they’re doing. All throughout the record MGMT don’t necessarily sound original, but the energy they bring to their songs is distinctly theirs. And the level of execution is spot-on.

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