MGMT’s Dad Gives ‘Congratulations’ Lukewarm Review
Album is a ‘grower’ says Andrew VanWyngarden’s Dad.
MGMT’s new album has been reviewed in The Memphis Flyer by Andrew VanWyngarden’s Dad, who is the newspaper’s editor. Bruce VW held nothing back and admitted he was a little biased. That said, he could have given it more props than just saying it was a “grower”.
"'Congratulations', MGMTs second album, is dense, lush, textured, difficult in places, absolutely euphoria-inducing in others”, he wrote. “It is, as they say in the music business, a 'grower' — that is, repeated listens reveal more depth and complexity.
"This has been a completely biased report on a Memphis kid who's doing pretty well in the music business”, he added.
Bruce also said that reviewing MGMT for the paper – who reached number 2 on the US Billboard Chart last week – had been difficult because of his link with the band.
"The growing notoriety of my son Andrew's band, MGMT, has long been something of a dicey issue for the Flyer's music writers.
"I feel their pain. It's a lose-lose proposition for them. If they are critical, they risk pissing off or at least irritating their boss. If they praise the band, it looks like they're sucking up”.
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