That's right, MGMT's guitarist/singer Andrew VanWyngarden has teamed up with Of Montreal's singer/songwriter Kevin Barnes to form a side project they like to call "Blikkfang." As far as where the name originates, your guess is as good as mine. From what I understand, it is of a Norwegian dialect. They have yet to release any kind of a single but they do have a purevolume you can check out by clicking here. Two tracks are posted on this webpage, one entitled "(Just A Little) Judas Tonic," which is actually a b-side from MGMT's debut album, "Oracular Spectacular," and another called "Nupital Eagles Sharpened," thats a cover of "Where Eagles Dare" by the Misfits, which in my opinion is much better than the original. Despite how good these track both are, Kevin Barnes says "it's unlikely that anything will get released before the winter of 2008," and when the first release comes, you won't see either of these songs on it. They do have a few songs recorded though, with working titles such as "Hypnotic Agents," "Dead Dogs," and "Pleasure Cunt."
PS- If you aren't familiar with either Andrew or Kevin's ancestral works you should first surf on over to MGMT and Of Montreal's myspaces and check them out.
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