Watch: MGMT debut 'Your Life Is A Lie' video (and it's insane, of course)
US band put psychedelic spin on US life
- MGMT in Glasgow
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MGMT have today premiered the video for their new single 'Your Life Is A Lie'. It is, of course, completely insane. Check it out below.
The unsettling video is a relentless barrage of surreal images based on American life, featuring static birthday parties, a man repeatedly kicking a bucket, a crying stone, a lizard emerging from a man's mouth and a lot more weirdness besides.
The track itself is similarly unconventional, with a disjointed melody and relentless psychedelic influences ensuring the track isn't an easy listen.
'Your Life Is A Lie' is taken from MGMT's new, self titled album, released 16 September.
Watch 'Your Life Is A Lie' below
Speaking of the new album with Gigwise recently, frontman Andrew VanWyngarden revealed that it wouldn't come as as much of a shock as the band's unconventional second album, Celebration.
"We've gone a long way to establish ourselves as a band that people can't really nail down in one style or genre, or predict exactly what's going to happen next," says the 30-year-old star. "That's one of our biggest goals are artists to get to the point where what we're known for is being a band who is able to try something new and test out different things, and that would be really great and really fulfilling.
"I don't think it's going to be that much of a shock and in a way, this new album is easier to get into than the last one. I think the last one was a bit withdrawn and closed off, and this one doesn't feel like that to me. This one feels more spacious and kind of welcoming - but in a scary way."
Below: live psychedelic weirdness from MGMT in Glasgow, 2011
