I'm probably just imagining things.

[drcuriosity]

Compare and contrast:

Seems like a bunch of similar progressions to me. But hey, there's no reason why an NZ band would suddenly start to sound more like a 2010 Grammy winner or anything, right?

And just to complete my music snobbery, their old shit is better ;-)

Comments

[thebluerose.livejournal.com]

funny I was thinking that exact thing thing on hearing Naked and Famous on the radio on the way home :)

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Those chord progressions are straight from '80s synth pop. MGMT in particular reminded me a lot of the kind of stuff we listened to back in the day when cellphones were the size of a house brick.

[jwm.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, MGMT's live drumming is what drives all the songs on their first album, which is unusual outside of metal, and definitely not a synth pop thing.

I quite like MGMT

[angryangeltoo.livejournal.com]

There is a scary amount of vocoder and effects on the girls voice in The Naked and Famous song and I am not sure she works so well as a vocalist by herself.

Re: I quite like MGMT

[drcuriosity]

She's reasonable without the vocode, but not a voice I'd write home about.

She's no Fiona McDonald, that's for sure: