Not Many Experts

Well, I would think I’ve probably got just enough time to write a short piece about these guys before my humble pie is just about ready.  You see, I did a lot of pathetically misinformed bitching about recent record “Congratulations”, having never listened to it before casting it aside as ‘shit’.  In my defence, the only reason I did this was because I was so antagonised by the duo’s proclamation that the record would contain ‘no singles’.  It just seem utterly fucking ridiculous that a band would want to create something with that they intentionally do not want released as a single.  It’s this kind of pretentious behaviour that increasingly is creeping into the music industry.  I understand their argument that they’d like the record to be heard in full, instead of the highlights being preyed upon by commercial stations and played to death, unfortunately its one of the sad inevitabilities of today’s commercially-dominated capitally-focused media industry that they’re just gonna have to shut up and deal with.  Excuse me while I take a deep breath and have a sip of water.

Uncontrollable rant aside, Zane Lowe tonight managed to lure me into unknowingly enjoying “Congratulations” by playing this cheeky effort.  You can imagine by rage when, in typically enthusiastic fashion, he announced that I’d been listening to title track “Congratulations.  The sneaky bastards.  So this is to you MGMT; you might well be pretentious twats who I still have a deep personal problem with, but I can no longer deny that I have listened to your music.  I feel really ashamed.

Congratulations – MGMT by georgemills