MGMT – Flash Delirium (2014 Remaster)

In 2014, MGMT released a vinyl reissue of their sophomore album Congratulations for Record Store Day. The recordings were newly remastered from the original analog tapes.

The Natives go all Dance-hall Stomp as something strange in the water forces a Flash time Strobo-cop emanation of the will. Delusion Extrusion.

Produced by MGMT and Sonic Boom
Written by Andrew VanWyngarden & Ben Goldwasser
Lyrics by Andrew VanWyngarden

Engineered by Billy Bennett in High Falls NY, Malibu, CA, and in Vacation Island Recording (Brooklyn, NY) and Blanker Unsinn (Brooklyn, NY)

Additional Engineering by Matt Boynton at Vacation Island Recording (Brooklyn, NY), Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios (Cassadaga, NY) and MGMT

Assistant Engineered in Malibu by Daniel Johnson

Mixing and Additional Engineering by Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios (Cassadaga, NY)

Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)

Art Direction, Design and Photography by Josh Cheuse
Cover painting by Anthony Ausgang

The people who played on this album are:

Andrew VanWyngarden:
vocals / guitar / drums 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 / bass 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9 / synths 2, 3, 6, 8 / casio guitar 7 / piano 2 / fake flute 4 / harmonica 6 / electric sitar 3, 6 / percussion

Ben Goldwasser:
synths & samples 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 / organ 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 / piano 4, 8 / omnichord 1, 2, 5 / numerology 6 / additional vocals 2, 4, 7 / percussion

James Richardson:
guitar 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 / synths 2 / casio guitar 7 / synth drums 8 / glockenspiel 2 / sax 5 / pan pipes 6 / additional vocals 7 / percussion

Matt Asti:
guitars 1, 4 , 6 / bass 4, 5, 6, 7 / piano 5 / additional vocals 7 / field recordings and treatments / percussion

Will Berman:
drums 1, 2, 4 / guitars 4, 6 / bass 4 / additional vocals, percussion and synths

Sonic Boom:
master of ceremonies / modular synth 2 / harmonica and percussion treatments 5 / first documented use of the EMT 250 reverb glitch* 6 / gakken sx-150 7

Britta Phillips:
additional vocals 1

Jennifer Herrema:
additional vocals 2, 4

Gillian Rivers:
strings 1, 5, 6, 8, 9

Dave Kadden:
oboes and sundries 6

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Mild apprehension
Blank dreams of the coming fun
distort the odds of a turnaround
gut screams out next to none
so turn it on
tune it in
and stay inert
you say "I've got the backbone"
the back way to escape the gun
climbing a tree with a missing limb
and not saving anyone
and now it hurts
to stay at home
and see
flash
the mirror ball's throwing mold
you can't get a grip if there's nothing to hold
see the flash catch a white lily laugh and wilt
but if you must smash a glass first fill it to the hilt
plants
as far as i know are still
still bending toward the light
and if we dance
until the heart explodes
it'll make this place ignite
and even if this hall collapses
I can stand by my pillar of hope it's just
a case of flash delirium

here's a growing culture
deep inside a corpse
ages stuck together
takin' it to the source
timeless desperation
pictures on a screen scream
"hey people, what does it mean?"

comfort keeps us nice
so quick to donate everything (nothing arrives)
die wolken drifting blinding smiles circling (einkreisen)
but time's tingling spines
attaching hands to floor
the rosy-tinted flash

the hot dog's getting cold
and you'll never be as good as the rolling stones
watch the birds in the airport gathering dirt
crowd the clean magazine chick lifting up here skirt

lines when I close my eyes and just (why close one eye and try to)
aim blindly at the sun (pledge allegiance to the sun)
and hear love
when the ghosts start singing terrorizing everyone (when plastic ghosts start terrorizing everyone)
geometric troops aligning
carried up to the burial mounds with gold (carried up to the burial mounds)
it's a heavy ton but your (my earthbound heart is heavy)
your rhythm makes it light and explode (your heartbeat keeps things light)
like a violent star keeps threatening the night (with the violence forever threatening the night)
and even if this hall collapses
I can stand by my pillar of hope and trust
that our heads won't bust

66 55 red battleships
40 earthlike planets
3 holes 2 tits
1 fork in its side
zero tears in their eyes
sue the spiders
sink the Welsh
stab your facebook
sell sell sell
undercooked
or overdone
mass adulation not so funny
poisoned honey
pseudo science
silly money
you're my honey