Climbing to New Lows

Climbing to New Lows是一张小样，严格意义上讲是MGMT（当时叫做The Management）的第一张全长专辑，同时也是乐队以The Management的名义发行的最后一张作品。 乐队在2004年更名为MGMT并与独立厂牌Cantora Records签约发行了他们的首张正式EP《Time to Pretend》。 《Climbing to New Lows》内的曲目多是小样，本无发行计划，但于2005年外泄流传到网络。这张专辑中同时还包含乐队在2004年独立发行的EP《We (Don't) Care》中的部分曲目。 乐评人Andrea Domanick通过Tiny Mix Tapes Reviews表示，《Climbing to New Lows》“是一张关于大学生活的精彩小样，十分抓耳，一听就会理解哥伦比亚唱片的头头们为什么会签下他们。无论是音乐还是歌词都显示出十足的纯真和诚意（a catchy demo set from their undergrad days—will make anyone see what attracted the bigwigs at Columbia in the first place. With music and lyrics centered around innocence and sincerity...）”。 Climbing to New Lows was a demo album that inadvertently became the first full album release from MGMT, at the time known as The Management. It was their last release as The Management. In 2004, the group had changed their name to MGMT and signed on with Cantora Records for their first official release, the Time to Pretend (EP)on January 1, 2005. Climbing to New Lows was intended only as a demo album that leaked on to the Internet in 2005. It featured some tracks from their self-released We (Don't) Care EP in 2004.