Little Dark Age (song)

"Little Dark Age"
Single by MGMT
from the album Little Dark Age
ReleasedOctober 17, 2017
Genre
Length4:59
LabelColumbia
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Andrew VanWyngarden
Producer(s)
MGMT singles chronology
"Cool Song No. 2"
(2013)
"Little Dark Age"
(2017)
"When You Die"
(2017)

"Little Dark Age" is a song by American rock band MGMT. It was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Little Dark Age, on October 17, 2017, through Columbia Records. In an interview with Newsweek, Andrew VanWyngarden, the lead vocalist, guitar player and songwriter for the band stated that 1980s Soviet synth-pop was influential to the song.[3]

  1. ^ Witmer, Phil (October 17, 2017). "MGMT Return as True Goths for Spooky Synth-Banger "Little Dark Age"". Noisey. Archived from the original on October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  2. ^ Lozano, Kevin (October 17, 2017). "MGMT – "Little Dark Age"". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  3. ^ Schonfeld, Zach (February 15, 2018). "MGMT on 'Little Dark Age,' political dread and the joys of Soviet-era synth-pop". Newsweek. Retrieved May 1, 2022.