Mogi Grumbles

ELECTRONIC/ HOUSE/ POP
Artist: Mogi Grumbles
Album:The Black Box Set
Tracks: "M.W.T.F.," "Missed Connections"
Street Date: October 27, 2009
Label: Moodgadget Records


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Correct us if we're mistaken but Mogi Grumbles could possibly be the hippest thing to come out of Michigan since... cars... when they were first invented.

Apparently in the current state of pop culture, it's standard for songs to last a total of 3 or 4, maybe even 5 minutes (if you're like, U2 or something). As a result people are all antsy now when they hear a track lasting 5+ minutes... and we think that's absurd! People used to sit through hours of operas and junk a few centuries ago and now most people can't even sit through a 5 minute track without fidgeting for their iPods.


The California Aggie arts editor put it in good enough terms in the paper yesterday. "Give anyone an album with five or six minute tracks and people will either faint or fall asleep with boredom." This has a high probability of being true, but we're willing to give people the benefit of the doubt... for now.

Now how is this relevant to Mogi Grumbles? Well, every track off the Black Box Set is designated as an EP and lasts about 2-3 times longer than your average MGMT song (no offense beebs!). Supposedly this is Mogi's way of making fun of the electronic genre, which has inherently taken a strong liking to short singles.

The point is, there's absolutely nothing wrong with long tracks! The double digits may look intimidating at first but it could end up being that much better (or at least better than you expected), and this is definitely the case for Mogi Grumbles' Black Box Set.

Check out his remixes and updates on his MySpace!