Now that the dust swirling around Congratualtions has finally settled down, MGMT are free to be themselves once again. They’ve just released a new video for one of the album’s better tracks – “It’s Working” – and for the most part, it works.
The clip is directed by So Me, a French artiste who also creates designs for Ed Banger Records (home to another hip duo – Justice). Over the course of the video’s four-minutes, Ben Goldwasser and Andrew Van Wyngarden break out their Erector Set skills and construct a machine that turns the duo – and everything else that comes into contact with it – into living kaleidoscopes.
As the song progresses, the machine dispenses candy, ice cream, and joy in general. It even lands Goldwasser in bed with a beautiful lady. There’s no happy ending here, though. The joy machine they’ve created becomes too big for the boys to handle and eventually overwhelms them before completely devouring them in one fell swoop.
Maybe it’s an allusion to the hype and backlash MGMT have created for themselves over the past four years. Check out the video for yourself below, then decide whether or not you want to see the band on the road. The boys are on tour through the end of the year, and tickets for select dates are available via Ticketmaster.com
MGMT 2010 Tour Dates:
06/15 – Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion
06/16 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
06/18 – Chicago, IL @ Riveria
06/19 – Minneapolis, MN @ Rock the Gardens
06/20 – Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theatre
06/27 – Pilton, UK @ Glastonbury Music Festival
07/15 – San Diego, CA @ SDSU Open Air Theatre
07/16 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre
07/18 – Pomona, CA @ Fox Theater
07/21 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
07/23 – Seattle, WA @ Capitol Hill Block Party
07/24 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
08/04 – Montreal, QC Metropolis
08/05 – Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus
08/08 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
08/12 – Burlington, VT @ Lake Champlain Maritime Festival
08/14 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
09/16 – Dublin, IE @ Olympia
09/20 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom
09/23 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy
09/24 – Bournemouth, UK @ O2 Academy
09/26 – Manchester, UK @ Apollo
09/29 – London, UK @ Brixton Academy
09/30 – London, UK @ Brixton Academy
10/03 – Brussels, BE @ AB Cafe
10/04 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
10/07 – Paris, FR @ Bataclan
10/08 – Paris, FR @ Bataclan
11/29 – Dusseldorf, DE @ Stahlwerk
11/30 – Hamburg, DE @ Docks
12/02 – Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
12/03 – Stockholm, SE @ Berns
12/04 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
12/06 – Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
12/07 – Munich, DE @ Tonhalle
12/08 – Vienna, AT @ Gasometer
12/10 – Prague, CZ @ Archa Theatre
12/12 – Milan, IT @ Alcatraz
12/13 – Zurich, CH @ Maag Hall
12/14 – Lyon, FR @ Le Transbordeur
12/16 – Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz
12/17 – Madrid, ES @ La Riveria
12/18 – Lisbon, PT @ Campo Pequeno
