Turning up in tartan shorts to play in Glasgow for their first UK date since 2010, is what many would call a cultural reference to far. However, for MGMT frontman Andrew VanWyngarden, his quirk charms can only make the trouser choice utterly acceptable. A touring 5 piece until this year, the latest edition of Hank Sullivant on guitar adds to the well known rich texture, that makes up part of the 'classic MGMT sound'. They appeal strongly to both ends of the crowd spectrum - the pop hooks and swinging riffs of first album tracks Kids and Electric Feel gets everyone stomping whereas the epic wig out of second album track Siberian breaks provides 12-and-a-half minutes of pure, unadulterated heartbreak and glam 60's riffage, allowing a large percentage of the crowd to start what can only be described as a "collective stoner dance".
The chat is kept witty and quick, while the setlist can speak for itself; moving around the fuzzy synths and opulent guitars that they have become renowned for.Opening track It's Working sounds so sixties pop it is as though if the sixties has become a personified being, it would've struggled to create a song as psychedelic and as brilliant as this.
Whether the atmosphere is owed to the psychedelic rocker-fuzz from songs like Of Moons, Birds & Monsters or the amount of glitter that many wear as their warpaint for the evening (answer: a beautiful mixture of the two), it is evident that this gig is a homecoming of sorts, where the sway of The Youth and Alien Days, reminds us that all we need's a great big congratulations (pun).
9/10 to my loves P x
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