This month, MGMT release their excellent new record, Loss Of Life. Not only is it the group’s first album in six years, it’s also their debut outing as an independent act. Here, Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser talk changing things up, working with Christine & The Queens and accidentally going viral…

INTERVIEW: Niall Doherty 

It’s been six years since the last MGMT record. What’s with the prolonged absences between albums? 

Ben Goldwasser: “There’s nothing intentional about that. We’ll finish a ...