The junkyard drums and wigglyworm melody of the opening time to pretend are trojan horses for a sarcastic take on stardom. Im feelin rough im feelin raw im in the prime of my life. Mgmt performed the song on the late show with david letterman on january 8, 2008. New versions of the tracks time to pretend and kids were later released on mgmt s debut album oracular spectacular. Mgmt time to pretend ep lyrics and tracklist genius. In july of 2009, a year after mgmt broke out with oracular spectacular and became a household name for hipsters, cantora records rereleased the duos 2005 ep, time to pretend. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Mgmt have described the lyrics to time to pretend as. Download flac download mp3 more oracular spectacular is the debut album by american band mgmt, released on october 2, 2007 by red ink and physically on january 22, 2008 by columbia. New versions of the tracks time to pretend and kids were later released on mgmt s debut album oracular spectacular 20072008. After releasing a homemade download only ep as the management, the duo shortened its name to the more textmessagefriendly version when it signed with indie label cantora in 2005. Download this free wallpaper with images of mgmt time to pretend ep, mgmt oracular spectacular, mgmt congratulations, the killers sawdust, the.
Mgmt oracular spectacular lyrics and tracklist genius. Lets make some music make some money find some models for wives. Mgmt retains the diy approach of its collegiate efforts on time to pretend as diy is understood in the 21st century. Personally, i prefer the later version of time to pretend, but the version of kids found on this release rivals the rerecorded version found on oracular spectacular. Uk seven inch vinyl pressing of the first single pulled from the brooklyn alternative outfits oracular spectacular album, produced by dave fridmann, this epic sounding single has obvious influences from the flaming lipsmercury revspacemen 3 etc features the dreamy time to pretend plus weekend wars. Vinyl, 12, ep, limited edition, reissue, glow in the dark. We were fated to pretend, to pretend we were fated to pretend, to pretend ill miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms ill miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world ill miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home yeah ill. Watch the video for time to pretend from mgmts oracular spectacular for free, and see the.
Mgmt time to pretend ep time to pretend with lyrics. At the time this was recorded they were still known as the management. Remastered by greg calibi, the disc includes the original versions of the singles kids and time to pretend, along with four tracks that didnt make the fulllength. Mgmt time to pretend 2015, glow in the dark, vinyl discogs. Mgmttime to pretend by kvisconti19 free listening on. Feel free to send us your own wallpaper and we will consider adding it to appropriate category. Album time to pretend artist mgmt externalidentifier urn. New versions of the tracks time to pretend and kids were later released on mgmts debut album oracular spectacular. Mgmt time to pretend 2015, glow in the dark, vinyl.
Time to pretend is a song by the american indie band mgmt, released as the lead single from their debut studio album oracular spectacular 2007 on march 3, 2008. Mgmt released an electrorock ep, time to pretend, on the tiny cantora records in 2005. With their hard to get and out of mainstream music, mgmt were lucky to find an independent label cantora records to produce their debut ep time to pretend. It was made available as a free download on itunes during that time. Just as irresistible, kids is an electropop testament to innocence itself. Im sure youve all heard this one by now, jan 08 seems like ancient history. If youd like to enter to win the record, all you have to do is share a link to this episode, and tag mgmt and song exploder in your post.
New versions of the tracks time to pretend and kids were later released on mgmts debut album oracular spectacular 20072008. Mgmt is giving away an exclusive white label pressing of the time to pretend ep on vinyl, signed by the band. Download mgmt mp3 songs and albums music downloads. We wrote time to pretend our senior year of college, and the music was inspired by a praying mantis we had in our house.
An earlier version had been released on their time to pretend ep. I originally avoided listening to mgmt because i believed they were most probably undeservingly overhyped and a bit coolerthanthou for my liking. The song time to pretend was one they wrote early in their career. Mgmt time to pretend ep oracular spectacular congratulations. Time to pretend mgmt to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Wholez maybe a foreign name to many of our listeners, but if you were ever to venture up to the bustling city i use that word carefully of burlington, vermont you are bound to walk into a club and find him and his homies on deck duty. Time to pretend by mgmt i dont own the rights to this song mgmt does. A remastered version of mgmt s 2005 debut ep, time to pretend, is now available, featuring four exclusive tracks and the first official versions of their justtrytogetthem.
After graduating and changing the bands name to mgmt, they released an ep titled time to pretend in 2005 on the independent record label cantora records. Wholez makes the college bar rounds, enlightening drunk college girls and guys until the bars close when he heads down to the notorious basements of the. Time to pretend is the second ep by the american rock band mgmt, released on august 30, 2005 by cantora records and made available on itunes. Time to pretend, indie rokkers, kids least fav track. The track was originally recorded for the time to pretend ep 2005. Though a mere six songs in length, this ep does a rather good job of sculpting the broad sound of andrew vanwyngarden and ben goldwasser, otherwise known as mgmt.
Mgmt was formed by ben goldwasser and andrew vanwyngarden in 2001. Not a lot of debut albums sound as ambitious as they are polished. In the end, they narrowed their music to an incomparable mixture of indie, synthpop and psychedelic performed with a touch of irony. With mgmts oracular spectacular, the duo abandon polished sounds for a more indie, electronic and.