Time To Pretend EP

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Total Tracks: 6   Total Length: 27:14

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I want to buy their albums but...

EMUSIC-028855C4

... they are not on this site. Every time I go to buy an album I've always wanted from here, it is unavailable. This site seriously needs to sort out its back catalog.

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I want to buy their albums but...

EMUSIC-028855C4

... they are not on this site. Every time I go to buy an album I've always wanted from here, it is unavailable. This site seriously needs to sort out its back catalog.

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no point to this

breadcity

if you have the full album, there's no point in spending downloads on this ep.

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some other tracks get lost in the glow

studio158

when they get it right (kids, time to pretend) it's brillant... some other tracks get lost in the glow

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these guys are hot ...

theboldbrew

generally shy away from the trendy picks, but these guys set a new bar in their niche -- maybe even carving out a new space. looking forward to emusic getting all their albums on line...

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pretty great

fancylady

"kids" is my favorite track from this ep.

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so-so

scrapps

No bad, but not good. There are things that I start to like about it, but I always end up mildly annoyed by it. Pretty cheeze whiz.

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They opened for McCartney this summer....

paleshades.paint

...didn't know them, but I'm hooked! I hope Emusic will be putting more of their stuff up for download!

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In July of 2009, a year after MGMT broke out with Oracular Spectacular and became a household name for hipsters, Cantora Records re-released the duo’s 2005 EP, Time to Pretend. Remastered by Greg Calibi, the disc includes the original versions of the singles “Kids” and “Time to Pretend,” along with four tracks that didn’t make the full-length. It’s interesting to hear the hits before Dave Fridmann got his mitts on them and turned them from homemade laptop electro jams into explosive pop, and the other songs, “Boogie Down,” “Destrokk,” “Love Always Remains,” and “Indie Rokkers” are pretty good, even if they aren’t as huge as the cuts on Oracular Spectacular. – Jason Lymangrover

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