Alien Days

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"Alien Days"
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Single by MGMT
from the album MGMT
ReleasedApril 20, 2013
RecordedFebruary 2011 (demo) September 2011 - June 2012
Genre Psychedelic rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic pop
Length5:10
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser
MGMT singles chronology
"Congratulations"
(2010)		"Alien Days"
(2013)		"Your Life Is a Lie"
(2013)
Music video
"Alien Days" on YouTube

"Alien Days" is the first single released from MGMT, the third album by MGMT, which was released as a cassette single on April 20, 2013. VanWyngarden explains the song as the feeling when "a parasitic alien is in your head, controlling things". [1] The music video of this song was filmed by indie director Sam Fleischner, which was the second video released for the promotion of the album. [2]

Contents

History

Mgmt demoed The song In February of 2011 On March 30, 2012, the band premiered "Alien Days", at a show in Bogotá, Colombia, [3] at the Festival Estereo Picnic.

On March 11, 2013, MGMT confirmed on their Twitter account that a Record Store Day release would be a cassette tape (with download card) of the studio version of "Alien Days", which became available on April 20. [4] On March 22, 2013, RSD confirmed that this single will be a Record Store Day exclusive limited release. [5] On April 17, the band previewed the song in a stop motion video showing the unpacking of the cassette. [6]
On October 31 the band premiered video via Noisey. [7]

Track listing

Cassette Single [8]
No.TitleLength
1."Alien Days" (Side A)5:10 [9]
2."Message 7 from Hearty White" (Side B)5:15

Personnel

Notes

  • A ^ Trevor is the son of Cool Little Music Shop's owner at Fredonia, NY where the band purchase some of their instruments.

References

  1. ↑ David Browne (January 29, 2013). "MGMT Get Even Wilder on Synth-Heavy Third Album | Music News". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ "MGMT SET TO RELEASE SELF-TITLED ALBUM ON SEPTEMBER 17 | the Official MGMT Site". Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  3. ↑ "MGMT @ Bogotá". UStream. March 31, 2012. Archived from the original on September 22, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Twitter / whoisMGMT: 4/20/13: Record Store Day". Twitter.com. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Record Store Day 2013 Releases". Record Store Day. March 22, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  6. ↑ "MGMT - "Alien Days" Record Store Day Cassingle". YouTube .
  7. ↑ "MGMT - "Alien Days" (Official Video) | Music Video Premieres | Noisey". Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
  8. ↑ "MGMT – "Alien Days" Record Store Day Cassingle". YouTube. April 17, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Alien Days by whoismgmt on SoundCloud – Hear the world's sounds". Soundcloud.com. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
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