New band of the day – No 881: The Naked and Famous

This Kiwi five-piece play thumping, pumping rocked-up synth-pop that distils the sound of MGMT at their most populistHometown: Auckland.The lineup: David Beadle, Thom Powers, Aaron Short, Jesse Wood, Alisa Xayalith.The background: The Naked and Famous have cannily slipped into the space made available by MGMT since they committed commercial hara-kiri earlier this year. A five-piece from New Zealand who took their name from a Tricky lyric, they began as an electro duo in 2008 after the two member...

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