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MGMT, 'All We Ever Wanted Was Everything'

By Will Hermes
POSTED: September 27, 4:56 PM ET

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For their version of this aching, uncharacteristically folksy ballad by post-punk goths Bauhaus, MGMT stir in enough dubby echo and effects to give it their own woozy imprimatur. Gloom becomes psychedelic sparkle, as is their way.

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