new mgmt album influenced by house music, Aphex Twin

http://www.factmag.com/2013/01/29/new-mgmt-album-influenced-by-house-aphex-twin-tentatively-due-out-in-june/

mods may want to shift it but I post here

I dig on some MGMT, but I am usually suspicious of anyone that says their new sound was influenced by Aphex Twin.

We'll see.

For the record, I thought "Congratulations" was an incredible album.

I hated Congratulations - not bad, just forgettable, IMO. Oracular Spectacular was far superior with many strong tracks. I sometimes wonder how much of these "influenced by" mentions are just that - a vague mention by a band working on a album, and it's the journos that over-inflate the influence.

it probably means they'll be using an amen break somewhere

"Influenced by" is far less of a red flag that "sounds like" imo, even if it seems a subtle difference. I prefer when musicians talk about why they feel influenced or inspired by another artist or musicians - seems a lot more sincere, especially if their own work is very much different. Their statement is too brief for me to form an opinion.

Remember the thread that said Foster the People were "influenced" by Aphex.

So that says a lot.

.... And skrillex

oh ok, i'll have to listen to this then

lol