With neon headbands, funky synth melodies, and jokey anthems about living fast and dying young, MGMT danced their way from Wesleyan's dorm rooms onto our iTunes playlists -- and were awarded with a pair of Grammy noms just last month. This spring the duo will release their seconde album, Congratulations, and singer Andrew Vanwyngarden has a warning for fans: "It's definitely going to shock people.

"We dropped any sort of irony that was on the first record, and Congratulations feels true to who we really are," the 26-year-old tells SPIN.com.

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