MGMT: 'Art rock is bulls*** to us'

MGMT have rejected any association with concept albums and art rock.

Singer Ben Goldwasser told Rolling Stone that despite not loading their second album Congratulations with singles, the group still wanted the record to have a crossover appeal.

Goldwasser said: "I think people have this attitude that something's either pop or it's pretentious art, or it's mainstream or it's indie, there's no middle ground, and I think we're trying to go somewhere in between that.

"We feel like it should be taken as an album and not a collection of singles. We don't want to be associated with concept albums and art rock or any of that, it's bulls**t to us."

Of his "apology" for the lack of singles on the album, he added: "What I was saying was sarcastic, 'If you're expecting 'Kids' or 'Time to Pretend' or whatever, sorry, you're not going to get that on this album,' and to interpret that as a genuine apology is really stupid.

"We are absolutely dead serious about music-making, and that's what we want people to understand, that there's no joke in it. We're not intentionally trying to f**k with people, we're actually making this music that we love and we want people to hear it."

> Click here to read our review of Congratulations