MGMT

A steep learning curve presents itself when your debut summits not only numerous year-end lists but is instantly immortalized on rankings labeled “Best Albums Ever.”

For Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, the duo known as MGMT, the release of Oracular Spectacular thrust them into a curve to which they’re just now adjusting. Suddenly their time was not their own. Identities began to shift. The spotlight was real. Grammy nominations and global charts.

Three albums later, MGMT has