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Time to Pretend

Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock

Time to Pretend is a Psychedelic rock act. Their sound grew out of The Clash. Those roots explain a lot about how Time to Pretend arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Last Nite, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Black Country, New Road, Caroline Polachek, James Arthur, Paolo Nutini and Sigala, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 7 connections around Time to Pretend, reaching back through The Clash and forward to Black Country, New Road. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

"Time to Pretend" is a song by the American indie band MGMT, released as the lead single from their debut studio album Oracular Spectacular (2007) on March 3, 2008. An earlier version had been released on their Time to Pretend EP. The single was released as a 7" and CD single featuring the B-sides "Weekend Wars" and "Metanoia", respectively. In early 2009, the song was re-released in the UK. The song was ranked at number 493 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", and its parent album, Oracular Spectacular, was ranked at number 494 on the publication's additional list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". The song was also ranked at number 90 on NME's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Time to PretendThe ClashBlack Country, New R…Caroline PolachekJames ArthurPaolo NutiniSigalaLast Nite

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Time to Pretend connections

Time to Pretend grew out of The Clash, shares an orbit with Last Nite, went on to shape Black Country, New Road, Caroline Polachek, James Arthur and Paolo Nutini. 7 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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