MGMT have finally confirmed their next album. Entitled Loss of Life, the band’s fifth full-length arrives on February 23rd via Mom + Pop. In anticipation, the first single, “Mother Nature,” is out now.
Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser enlisted a slew of reputable producers for Loss of Life. Patrick Wimberly (Beyoncé, Lil Yachty) and longtime collaborator Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Spoon) handled the bulk of the project (while Fridmann also managed mixing), and Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never), Brian Burton (Danger Mouse), and James Richardson provide additional production on “Dancing in Babylon” — which includes the first-ever feature on an MGMT record, thanks to Christine and the Queens. Finally, Miles A. Robinson served as associate producer and engineer on the LP.
With acoustic guitar and relaxed vocals, “Mother Nature” feels a lot more grounded than the psychedelic singles that made MGMT famous over a decade ago. In a statement, the duo said the song “outlines the archetypical MGMT mythology of one hero attempting to get the other hero to come on the journey that they ‘must’ go on. One part sounds like Oasis.” It features an animated music video directed by MGMT favorite Jordan Fish, which you can check out below.
Pre-orders for Loss of Life are ongoing. In a statement, VanWyngarden and Goldwasser seemed especially proud of the project, which follows 2018’s Little Dark Age. “All joking aside (never!), we are very proud of this album and the fact that it was a relatively painless birth after a lengthy gestation period, and are happy to be releasing this baby into the world with Mom+Pop,” they said. “Musically speaking, we are running at around 20% adult contemporary and no more than this, please.”
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Loss of Life Tracklist:
01. Loss of Life (part 2)
02. Mother Nature
03. Dancing in Babylon (featuring Christine and the Queens)
04. People in the Streets
05. Bubblegum Dog
06. Nothing to Declare
07. Nothing Changes
08. Phradie’s Song
09. I Wish I Was Joking
10. Loss of Life
