MGMT have entered the golden age of not giving a damn about what anyone else thinks. The American duo, made up of uni friends Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, drop their fifth album, Loss of Life , this month, and they’re doing it their own way. “I don't think we're burdened as much by self-consciousness or worrying about pleasing other people,” Andrew says over Zoom.
is MGMT’s first album for an independent label, and that freedom radiates from these songs. The band put it down to growing older – both members are now in their forties
