MGMT perform hits in '1980s Queen Style'

MGMT have revealed that they will turn hits from their first album into "1980's Queen style" songs.

The band, who will release their second LP Congratulations next month, said that they have reworked some of their existing songs from 2008's Oracular Spectacular for their live performances.

AOL reports one half of the duo, Andrew VanWyngarden, saying: "I don't think we're gonna be playing 'Kids' that much, while some of those songs will be played differently, as we'd originally intended them to sound with a full band.

"'Electric Feel' we've changed quite a bit. It now has a more controlled, precise sound to it. I'd even say it's taken a prog rock direction, sort of like 1980s Queen style maybe."

The group - which includes Ben Goldwasser - also said they wanted their second album to have a positive outlook.

Goldwasser added: "I think we could complain more but we just choose to focus on positive things.

"I think we realised that it would be easy to fall into that trap of like, writing an album of, 'Oh man, we're like semi famous! What do we do now? It's terrible!'"

"I mean, some of the stuff on the album deals with fame and attention but overall the album's about us having fun and making music that we really like and that we'll enjoy playing live for the next year."