Time to Pretend (EP)

Time to Pretend
EP by MGMT
Released August 30, 2005
July 7, 2009 (re-release)[1]
Genre Electronica, synthpop
Length 27:18
Label Cantora Records
Producer David Perlick Molinari
MGMT chronology
Climbing to New Lows
(2005)
Time to Pretend EP
(2005)
Oracular Spectacular
(2007)
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Allmusic [2]

Time to Pretend is the name of the second EP by the rock band MGMT. It was released on August 30, 2005 by Cantora Records and made available on iTunes.[3] New versions of the tracks "Time to Pretend" and "Kids" were later released on MGMT's debut album Oracular Spectacular (2007–2008).

At the time this was recorded they were still known as "The Management".[4]

Will Griggs (member of the Cantora Records team)[5] contacted David Perlick Molinari from French Horn Rebellion, for the production of this EP.[4][6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser

No. Title Length
1. "Time to Pretend"   4:29
2. "Boogie Down"   3:33
3. "Destrokk"   3:45
4. "Love Always Remains"   5:38
5. "Indie Rokkers"   4:24
6. "Kids"   5:28
Total length:
27:18

Quotes

"MGMT finally forayed with their first single, 'Time to Pretend' -- an understated anthem among inhabitants of Athens." – Julia Norman (Spin.com)[7]

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