Loss of Life is the sixth studio album by the American rock band MGMT. It was released on February 23, 2024, making it their label debut on Mom + Pop, and their first studio album in six years since 2018's Little Dark Age. It features a guest appearance by French singer Christine and the Queens, making it the first feature on an MGMT album.
On September 21, 2023, Andrew VanWyngarden posted a picture of a vinyl "test pressing" with a banana on top on Reddit, accompanied by the caption "elf of soils". The latter was reported to be an anagram of what would be the album title. The title was first hinted at on April 5 through a photo captioned "Just got done cooking L.O.L." by VanWyngarden.
Loss of Life is the long-awaited follow-up to 2018's Little Dark Age. The album was produced by MGMT (Andrew VanWyngarden, Ben Goldwasser) along with Patrick Wimberly. Longtime collaborator Dave Fridmann mixed the album as he has done on the group's past four full lengths. On Loss of Life, additional production was supplied by Daniel Lopatin and James Richardson. Brian Burton provides additional production on “Mother Nature” and Miles A. Robinson served as associate producer and engineer across the album.
In a statement, the duo revealed that they were "very proud" of the album and described it as a "relatively painless birth after a lengthy gestation period". Musically speaking, they explained to have run at around "20% adult contemporary" but "no more than this". Announced on October 31, Loss of Life will serve as their first studio offering in six years and their first since leaving Columbia Records. The lead single "Mother Nature" was released the same day and tells the story of "one hero attempting to get the other hero to come on the journey" that they have to carry on.
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