Loss of Life
by MGMT
- Type: Album
- Released: 23 February 2024
- Label: MGMT, Mom + Pop, BMG
- Country: United States
- Length: 45:09
- Community rating: 3.58/5 from 21 ratings
Artists on this release: Ben Goldwasser, Andrew VanWyngarden
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On their fifth album 'Loss of Life', MGMT shifts from overt psychedelia towards a more restrained, melodically focused sound influenced by 80s soft-rock and Britpop. Produced by the band with Patrick Wimberly and featuring contributions from Daniel Lopatin and Dave Fridmann, the album's rich arrangements and acoustic textures support a newfound lyrical earnestness. Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser explore themes of love, acceptance, and mortality with a vulnerable and introspective tone, largely moving away from the irony that defined their earlier work.
Genres
Descriptors: synth, dreamy, electronic, melodic, breezy
Tracklist
- Loss Of Life (part 2) (01:58)
- Mother Nature (03:56)
- Dancing In Babylon (feat. Christine and the Queens) (04:52)
- People In The Streets (05:36)
- Bubblegum Dog (04:21)
- Nothing To Declare (03:33)
- Nothing Changes (06:35)
- Phradie鈥檚 Song (04:54)
- I Wish I Was Joking (03:46)
- Loss Of Life (05:38)
Credits
- Ben Goldwasser - vocals, bass, harmonica, keyboards, production, engineering, guitars
- Andrew VanWyngarden - vocals, bass, drums, guitars, harmonica, keyboards, production
- Christine and the Queens - vocals
- Nels Cline - guitars
- Rolph Harris - horns
- Timothy Kieper - percussion
- Sean Lennon - keyboards
- Danny Meyer - clarinet
- Britta Phillips - vocals
- James Richardson - guitars, electronic wind instrument, keyboards, french horn, clavinet, engineering, production assistance
- Brian Burton - production assistance
- Matthew C - engineering
- Greg Calbi - mastering
- Sam Darwish - engineering
- Dave Fridmann - mixing, engineering
- Mike Fridmann - engineering
- James Kirk - engineering
- Daniel Lopatin - production, production assistance
- Miles BA Robinson - engineering, production assistance
- Nathan Salon - engineering
- Patrick Wimberly - production