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MGMT — Little Dark Age
Album: Little Dark Age
Avg rating:
6.7

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Total ratings: 1783









Released: 2018
Length: 4:57
Plays (last 30 days): 3
breathing in the dark
lying on its side
the ruins of the day
painted with a scar
and the more I straighten out
the less it wants to try
the feelings start to rot
one wink at a time

oh
forgiving who you are
for what you stand to gain
just know that if you hide
it doesn’t go away
when you get out of bed
don’t end up stranded
horrified with each stone
on the stage
my little dark age

picking through the cards
knowing what’s nearby
the carvings on the face
say they find it hard
and the engine’s failed again
all limits of disguise
the humor’s not the same
coming from denial

oh
I grieve in stereo
the stereo sounds strange
I know that if you hide
it doesn’t go away
if you get out of bed
and find me standing all alone
open-eyed
burn the page
my little dark age

I grieve in stereo
the stereo sounds strange
you know that if it hides
it doesn’t go away
if I get out of bed
you’ll see me standing all alone
horrified
on the stage
my little dark age

giddy with delight
seeing what’s to come
the image of the dead
dead ends in my mind

policemen swear to god
love’s seeping from the guns
I know my friends and I
would probably turn and run
if you get out of bed
come find us heading for the bridge
bring a stone
all the rage
my little dark age

I grieve in stereo
the stereo sounds strange
I know that if you hide
it doesn’t go away
if you get out of bed
and find me standing all alone
open-eyed
burn the page
my little dark age
Comments (55)add comment
Wonder if they're big in japan?
This is great. It reminds me a lot of Icehouse or Flock of Seagulls.

ETA: Bill must've heard me - second track after this was Icehouse, Great Southern land :D
This is through the roof!....or maybe I smoked too much. 9
I like this
Weed Music!   @ its OK!
I dont want this song to stop!

Love the lyrics in the chorus and how they change subtley each time to flex the meaning
7 -> 8
Good song -- but it definitely sounds like a song that was built around the chorus and they had figure out sets of verses and bridges for it.
out of my range :)
What is this song about? I'm not bothering with the video since that has been repeatedly panned. 
Good tune! I never heard of them before, Thanks RP!
I love this tune and appreciate all its quirks - it is mgmt after all. It reminds me a bit of Gary Numan.
I don't mind the 80's synth in this, but the vocal layering effect kinda makes me clench my jaw...seems wholly unnecessary....  
I was kinda disappointed with the rest of the album though.
 ziggytrix wrote:
Not sure why someone voted down this comment, maybe if you'd said "monotone" instead of "tuneless"?

"Monotone" doesn't seem to apply either, unless you simply pretend the chorus doesn't exist.
Thank you RP
I was going to say that this stuff ages badly, and then I saw it was put out in 2018, LOL.
 Clark_Novato wrote:

Thought I was listening to the Pet Shop Boys.  And that was not intended as a compliment.


MGMT are much, much better that Pet Shop Boys.  And that's a low bar.
 Rob57 wrote:



The tuneless voice suggests Neil Tennant to me


Not sure why someone voted down this comment, maybe if you'd said "monotone" instead of "tuneless"? But there's definitely some Pet Shop Boys influence in the mix.
 Stephen_Phillips wrote:

Gary - is that you?




The tuneless voice suggests Neil Tennant to me
 kingart wrote:

Is there any melodious music in this sound experiment? 


Some people have trouble recognizing melodies. It's just like dyslexia. I really feel sorry for them.
MGMT hasn't put out a bad album imho.
I could not over endorse this track! It has all the glory I seek Thanks
 sunnyS wrote:
 Egctheow wrote:
This is strange, isn't it? Reminiscent of 1980s' dark, obscure music. Was suprised to see the release date. Thanks Bill, don't think I'd have come across them without RP.
 Watch the video on youtube. It's the new generation of emos;)

 The video really ruins the  song for me. The music is decent '80's reminiscent, but the Video is  like  amatuer art school schlock. And yes, I know the 80's video stuff wasn't great, but one doesn't  need to replicate failures.

 Jelani wrote:
The video for this is awful...
 
Too many times I regret watching the video to a decent song...
I could have sworn this was an 80's tune....completely fooled me
 MattRudely wrote:
The worst decade until this one.
 
The 1930s are arguably in the running. Or the 40s. What about the (other) teens? Worst for the humans alive then, or for a tiny slice of life at the time, as recorded?
The video for this is awful...
Thought I was about to hear the original It's all Over Now, Baby Blue.
Shades of Peter Gabriel's Games Without Frontiers?
 Jakethemuss wrote:


2000-2010 wasn't great either.
 

I'll thank the Aughts for The Shins.
 sunnyS wrote:
 Egctheow wrote:
This is strange, isn't it? Reminiscent of 1980s' dark, obscure music. Was suprised to see the release date. Thanks Bill, don't think I'd have come across them without RP.
 Watch the video on youtube. It's the new generation of emos;)

 
That was exactly my impression.
 Egctheow wrote:
This is strange, isn't it? Reminiscent of 1980s' dark, obscure music. Was suprised to see the release date. Thanks Bill, don't think I'd have come across them without RP.
 Watch the video on youtube. It's the new generation of emos;)

Thought I was listening to the Pet Shop Boys.  And that was not intended as a compliment.
 MattRudely wrote:
The worst decade until this one.
 

2000-2010 wasn't great either.
There are other songs by this band. Why only this one?
The worst decade until this one.
very smooth and pleasant
Sorry, gotta give this a 3.
Everything new sounds old again--I LOVE IT! Long live the (new) 80s!
 pimpbot5000 wrote:
MGMT is on SiriusXMU quite a bit
 
I need to listen to that more often. Alt Nation plays their more well-known songs. And I agree with bitbanger (who commented below) that this sounds very 80s.

Damn, even the video has an 80s vibe!


Sounds very 80s for something released in 2018. Heard it before and wasn’t that interesting back then either. Going with a 3 and a big yawn!
I like it! ...I never heard of them before. ....Thanx RP!
 AliGator wrote:
Dang, this is MGMT?

ETA: I listen to Alt Nation on SiriusXM a lot, and they have NEVER played this. Haha, maybe Jim Ladd will play it on his show on Deep Tracks someday. (He probably won't, but he does play Porcupine Tree a lot!)
 
MGMT is on SiriusXMU quite a bit
Dang, this is MGMT?

ETA: I listen to Alt Nation on SiriusXM a lot, and they have NEVER played this. Haha, maybe Jim Ladd will play it on his show on Deep Tracks someday. (He probably won't, but he does play Porcupine Tree a lot!)
Nice. Love it when we get a nice run of boppy danceable tunage. MUCH needed in these unsettling times.
Should be followed by New Dark Age,  by The Sound.
 DaidyBoy wrote:
Takes me back, but not in a bad way.  It's not great though, losing me part-way through.
 
Exactly.
Good stuff.
A perfect 80s synth tune with modern production values.

I could go for a whole set of that sort of thing right now.
Is there any melodious music in this sound experiment? 
I really like the sound :-)

Not as hipster as I thought
This is strange, isn't it? Reminiscent of 1980s' dark, obscure music. Was suprised to see the release date. Thanks Bill, don't think I'd have come across them without RP.
Gary - is that you?
Takes me back, but not in a bad way.  It's not great though, losing me part-way through.