The junkyard drums and wigglyworm melody of the opening time to pretend are trojan horses for a sarcastic take on stardom. Lets make some music make some money find some models for wives. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. After graduating and changing the bands name to mgmt, they released an ep titled time to pretend in 2005 on the independent record label cantora records. The track was originally recorded for the time to pretend ep 2005. Time to pretend is a song by the american indie band mgmt, released as the lead single from their debut studio album oracular spectacular 2007 on march 3, 2008. Mgmt time to pretend ep time to pretend with lyrics.
Mgmt performed the song on the late show with david letterman on january 8, 2008. Im feelin rough im feelin raw im in the prime of my life. Album time to pretend artist mgmt externalidentifier urn. Time to pretend is the second ep by the american rock band mgmt, released on august 30, 2005 by cantora records and made available on itunes. Time to pretend mgmt to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Download mgmt mp3 songs and albums music downloads. Remastered by greg calibi, the disc includes the original versions of the singles kids and time to pretend, along with four tracks that didnt make the fulllength. After releasing a homemade download only ep as the management, the duo shortened its name to the more textmessagefriendly version when it signed with indie label cantora in 2005. Just as irresistible, kids is an electropop testament to innocence itself. At the time this was recorded they were still known as the management. Mgmt released an electrorock ep, time to pretend, on the tiny cantora records in 2005. Mgmt time to pretend ep oracular spectacular congratulations.
Mgmt oracular spectacular lyrics and tracklist genius. It was made available as a free download on itunes during that time. If youd like to enter to win the record, all you have to do is share a link to this episode, and tag mgmt and song exploder in your post. In the end, they narrowed their music to an incomparable mixture of indie, synthpop and psychedelic performed with a touch of irony. Uk seven inch vinyl pressing of the first single pulled from the brooklyn alternative outfits oracular spectacular album, produced by dave fridmann, this epic sounding single has obvious influences from the flaming lipsmercury revspacemen 3 etc features the dreamy time to pretend plus weekend wars. The song time to pretend was one they wrote early in their career. With their hard to get and out of mainstream music, mgmt were lucky to find an independent label cantora records to produce their debut ep time to pretend. New versions of the tracks time to pretend and kids were later released on mgmt s debut album oracular spectacular 20072008. We were fated to pretend, to pretend we were fated to pretend, to pretend ill miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms ill miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world ill miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home yeah ill. We wrote time to pretend our senior year of college, and the music was inspired by a praying mantis we had in our house. Time to pretend, indie rokkers, kids least fav track.
Mgmt retains the diy approach of its collegiate efforts on time to pretend as diy is understood in the 21st century. Wholez maybe a foreign name to many of our listeners, but if you were ever to venture up to the bustling city i use that word carefully of burlington, vermont you are bound to walk into a club and find him and his homies on deck duty. Download this free wallpaper with images of mgmt time to pretend ep, mgmt oracular spectacular, mgmt congratulations, the killers sawdust, the. Not a lot of debut albums sound as ambitious as they are polished. Mgmt time to pretend ep lyrics and tracklist genius. Mgmt time to pretend 2015, glow in the dark, vinyl. Download flac download mp3 more oracular spectacular is the debut album by american band mgmt, released on october 2, 2007 by red ink and physically on january 22, 2008 by columbia. An earlier version had been released on their time to pretend ep. Mgmttime to pretend by kvisconti19 free listening on. Personally, i prefer the later version of time to pretend, but the version of kids found on this release rivals the rerecorded version found on oracular spectacular. Mgmt time to pretend 2015, glow in the dark, vinyl discogs.
New versions of the tracks time to pretend and kids were later released on mgmts debut album oracular spectacular 20072008. Im sure youve all heard this one by now, jan 08 seems like ancient history. Time to pretend by mgmt i dont own the rights to this song mgmt does. Though a mere six songs in length, this ep does a rather good job of sculpting the broad sound of andrew vanwyngarden and ben goldwasser, otherwise known as mgmt.
In july of 2009, a year after mgmt broke out with oracular spectacular and became a household name for hipsters, cantora records rereleased the duos 2005 ep, time to pretend. Mgmt have described the lyrics to time to pretend as. I originally avoided listening to mgmt because i believed they were most probably undeservingly overhyped and a bit coolerthanthou for my liking. A remastered version of mgmt s 2005 debut ep, time to pretend, is now available, featuring four exclusive tracks and the first official versions of their justtrytogetthem. Feel free to send us your own wallpaper and we will consider adding it to appropriate category. Wholez makes the college bar rounds, enlightening drunk college girls and guys until the bars close when he heads down to the notorious basements of the. Vinyl, 12, ep, limited edition, reissue, glow in the dark. New versions of the tracks time to pretend and kids were later released on mgmts debut album oracular spectacular. Watch the video for time to pretend from mgmts oracular spectacular for free, and see the. With mgmts oracular spectacular, the duo abandon polished sounds for a more indie, electronic and. It was remastered for the oracular spectacular album.
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