MGMT reveal release date of new album Congratulations

MGMT have announced they will be releasing their new album 'Congratulations', on Monday 12th April in the UK. 'Congratulations' is the successor to MGMT's 'Oracular Spectacular', the 2008 debut album'

According to a statement from the band's press department 'Congratulations is a collection of nine individual musical tours de force sequenced to flow with sonic and thematic coherence: "It's Working," "Song for Dan Treacy," "Someone's Missing," "Flash Delirium," "I Found a Whistle," "Siberian Breaks," "Brian Eno," "Lady Dada's Nightmare," and "Congratulations."

Produced by MGMT and Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3, E.A.R., Spectrum), Congratulations was recorded throughout 2009 in upstate New York, Malibu, and Brooklyn and features Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, MGMT's core duo, performing with Matt Asti (bass, backing vocals), Will Berman (drums, backing vocals), and James Richardson (guitar, backing vocals), the band's live line-up. MGMT are confirmed to appear at the 2010 Coachella and Bamboozle festivals.