Alien Days

This article is about the 2013 song by MGMT. For the day relating to the Alien media series, see Alien (franchise).

"Alien Days"
Single by MGMT
from the album MGMT
ReleasedApril 20, 2013
GenrePsychedelic rock, neo-psychedelia, psychedelic pop
Length5:10
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser
MGMT singles chronology
"Congratulations"
(2010) 		"Alien Days"
(2013) 		"Your Life Is a Lie"
(2013)
Music video
"Alien Days" on YouTube

"Alien Days" is the first single released from MGMT, the third album by MGMT, which was released as a cassette single on April 20, 2013. VanWyngarden explains the song as the feeling when "a parasitic alien is in your head, controlling things".[1] The music video of this song was filmed by indie director Sam Fleischner, which was the second video released for the promotion of the album.[2]

History

On March 30, 2012, the band premiered "Alien Days", at a show in Bogotá, Colombia,[3] at the Festival Estereo Picnic.

On March 11, 2013, MGMT confirmed on their Twitter account that a Record Store Day release would be a cassette tape (with download card) of the studio version of "Alien Days", which became available on April 20.[4] On March 22, 2013, RSD confirmed that this single will be a Record Store Day exclusive limited release.[5] On April 17, the band previewed the song in a stop motion video showing the unpacking of the cassette.[6]
On October 31 the band premiered video via Noisey.[7]

Track listing

Cassette Single[8]
No.TitleLength
1."Alien Days" (Side A)5:10[9]
2."Message 7 from Hearty White" (Side B)5:15

Personnel

  • Andrew VanWyngarden – vocals, guitar, bass, drums
  • Ben Goldwasser – synths and samples
  • Trevor – Child vocals[A]

Notes

  • A ^ Trevor is the son of Cool Little Music Shop's owner at Fredonia, NY where the band purchase some of their instruments.

References

  1. ^ David Browne (January 29, 2013). "MGMT Get Even Wilder on Synth-Heavy Third Album | Music News". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  2. ^ "MGMT SET TO RELEASE SELF-TITLED ALBUM ON SEPTEMBER 17 | the Official MGMT Site". Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  3. ^ "MGMT @ Bogotá". UStream. March 31, 2012. Archived from the original on September 22, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  4. ^ "Twitter / whoisMGMT: 4/20/13: Record Store Day". Twitter.com. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  5. ^ "Record Store Day 2013 Releases". Record Store Day. March 22, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
  6. ^ "MGMT - "Alien Days" Record Store Day Cassingle". YouTube.
  7. ^ "MGMT - "Alien Days" (Official Video) | Music Video Premieres | Noisey". Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
  8. ^ "MGMT – "Alien Days" Record Store Day Cassingle". YouTube. April 17, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  9. ^ "Alien Days by whoismgmt on SoundCloud – Hear the world's sounds". Soundcloud.com. Retrieved June 19, 2013.