"Siberian Breaks" is a song by the American rock band
MGMT
MGMT () is an American indie rock band formed in 2002 in Middletown, Connecticut. It was founded by multi-instrumentalists Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser. Alongside VanWyngarden and Goldwasser, MGMT's live lineup currently consists of ...
, released as the second single from their second
studio album
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Congratulations
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*'' Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest'', 2005 television programme to commemorate its fiftieth anniversary
Music Albums
* ''Congratulations'' (album), an album by ...
'' (2010) as an exclusive release part of
Record Store Day
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on April 17, 2010. It is the longest track on the album and MGMT's second longest song to date, clocking in a minute and a half behind "
Metanoia."
Andrew VanWyngarden
Andrew Wells VanWyngarden (born February 1, 1983) is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitar player and songwriter for the band MGMT, praised for (according to ''Interview Magazine'') "an uncanny knack for producing pop music that s ...
has said that Siberian Breaks is his favorite song on the album. The song was released as a limited-edition 12" blue marble vinyl single for Record Store Day 2010, featuring the full 12-minute album version of "Siberian Breaks" on side A, with side B featuring a special etched design. There were 2000 copies pressed and it has been said to be "the perfect companion piece to the album". VanWyngarden has said of the song, "It's kind of like eight different songs strung together into one, and the general theme is about surfing in the Arctic Circle by Russia."
Charts
Personnel
*Andrew VanWyngarden – vocals, guitar, bass, drums, harmonica, percussion, electric sitar, synthesizer, composer, lyricist
*Ben Goldwaaser – synthesizer, numerology, samples, percussion, composer
*James Richardson – guitar, panpipes, percussion
*Matt Asti – guitar, bass, percussion
*Will Bermann – guitar, percussion
*Sonic Boom – producer, "first documented use of the EMT 250 reverb "glitch""
*Gillian Rivers – strings
*Dave Cadden – oboe, sundries
*Billy Bennett – engineer
*Matt Boynton – engineer
*Dave Fridmann – mixing engineer, engineer
*Daniel Johnson – assistant engineer
*Greg Calbi – mastering engineer
References
External links
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MGMT's ''Congratulations'' website
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2010 singles
MGMT songs
Record Store Day releases
2010 songs
Columbia Records singles
Songs written by Andrew VanWyngarden
Songs written by Benjamin Goldwasser