Songs for anyone who's "going through daily life feeling like an alien," MGMT draws seasoned fans and new initiates alike into the band's eureka zone, a psychic oasis offering the opposite of dumbed-down (smarted-up?) as sympathetic counsel.
Fresh off his acclaimed, Emmy-nominated album and series ENTERGALACTIC, the multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning rapper/songwriter/producer/actor/style-icon/fashion designer readies his brand-new album, INSANO.
This is a record torn between a modern computer funk sound with links to the Hudson Mohawke brand of contemporary hip-hop, and archaic string, synth and guitar-led passages.
For a metal record, their legendary 3rd studio album is extremely emotionally compelling, From the performances, to the production, to the guitars, to the lyrics, it's all turned up to the max,
Written and recorded while the band was quarantined in their hometown of Minsk during the COVID-19 pandemic, Monument is a conscious step up in songwriting and fidelity, and it reveals a band preternaturally comfortable in it's own skin
Helsloot described the album as profoundly personal, centering on the theme of confronting the excitement and insecurity that comes with trying something new—the essence of the title, Never Tried.
