Wow.

MGMT are offering up a track (not the single?), “Flash Delirium,” from their upcoming, long-awaited sophomore album, Congratulations. We were warned, guys. I am still navigating my way through this retro, psychedelic clusterfark of styles, instruments, melodies, and rhythms. That flute solo is confusing me, among lots of other things. Actually, “Flash Delirium” seems almost intentionally confusing and overly structureless. I can’t decide whether that’s endearing or annoying.

I feel like I’m going to have to spend the rest of the day listening to this on a loop before I can even begin to understand it, or form an opinion of any kind (I much prefer the title track, “Congratulations,” which also leaked today).

I need to hear this in the context of the record. I need a drink.

“Flash Delirium” by MGMT