I don’t know how to describe MGMT’s ‘Time to Pretend’. I know that in the States and in Europe, this song has already been played loads – if not to death – but, quite simply I love it. It embodies what ‘Rock ‘n Roll’ is, in such a deep, unpretenscious and unexpecting manner – you simply cannot not just love it. Apart from the beautiful, melodic, melodramatic and well-weighted pure music value, the lyrics make me want to come, but in a deep, scared, emotional kind of way. They’re fucking beautiful. Listen to these guys – I fucking love them.

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