It not an outrageous statement to say that there is very little new in rock music apart from the application of new and different technology and the marrying together of different styles to create something unforeseen.
What we tend to get is cycles where kid hears parents records, discovers music of own generation, meets other people who introduce them to other types of music, this creates new hybrids, and so on. As with Steve Reich's tape phases, each new cycle will juxtaposition itself with something else, creating something fresh.
This is what's happened with MGMTs Time to Pretend. They know its out of their hands, "Everything must run its course", "Yeah its overwhelming, but what else can we do? "
Can't remember a band making me wish I was 18 again.
Time To Pretend
Viva La jeunesse
This is what's happened with MGMTs Time to Pretend. They know its out of their hands, "Everything must run its course", "Yeah its overwhelming, but what else can we do? "
Can't remember a band making me wish I was 18 again.
Time To Pretend
Viva La jeunesse
One of the best tunes of the last couple of years.
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