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I've been looking through the posts to see what Sonic Youth fans think of mgmt, and it seems pretty popular to say the are annoying, "not that original", "over hyped", or whatever.

The singles are catchy, and I like them, but the rest of the album is something entirely different. They're definitely my favorite new band in a very long time. They've got crazy dreamy/noisy synthesizers and inventive riffs and song structure. They've got awesome vocal harmonies and an amazingly tight, self contained, original sound. They are like some sort of neon rolling stones/pink floyd beast crossed with slagsmalsklubben and new order.

I'm not gonna try to convince anyone, but I don't think they're over-rated at all. I've loved everything they've released so far, and I don't think it's fair to categorize them with vampire weekend and the ting tings and every other band that blows up for 5 seconds because of a phone commercial.

If you've just heard the singles, it's really worthwhile to give the album a shot. Check out "Of moons, birds and monsters", "future reflections", or "Weekend Wars".

Check out "Metanoia" if you've got an extra 12 minutes and you want to hear someone switch flawlessly from Marc Bolan to Axl Rose.

If you've already heard the album, I'd be curious to know what you hate about it. If you've only heard the singles, I wouldn't pass judgement based on that. Although I like them, they don't represent the scope of the band at all.