As announced(via Spin), MGMT will launch a nine-track sophmore effort, Congratulations, on April 13th. VanWyngarden, Goldwasser, and Kember recorded the album with bassist Matt Asti, drummer Will Berman, and bassist James Richardson (all of whom are members of MGMT's live backing ensemble) as well Royal Trux frontwoman Jennifer Herrema in Upstate, NY, Brooklyn, and Malibu, CA.

?It's definitely going to shock people," Vanwyngarden told Spin of the new album's sound. ?We dropped any sort of irony that was on the first record, and Congratulations feels true to who we really are."

He went on to note that the album's nine tracks, which includes the incredibly titled track ?Brian Eno", are ?sequenced to flow with sonic and thematic coherence." Basically, we'll be surfing, as that will be the ?unifying influence" on the album, Vanwyngarden explains.

?There's a surfing thread throughout the record," he explained, citing specifically a song called ?It's Working." ?When you're surfing, there's a specific break you're paddling to. And when the waves are really good you say, ?It's working.' The song kind of has a surf-y vibe. It's like surfing on ecstasy!"

Other tracks on the album include a 12-minute-long track titled ?Siberian Breaks", which features a theme about surfing in the Arctic Circle by Russia, and the ?very nightmare-ish sounding", Lady Gaga-inspired ?Lady Dada's Nightmare". You really can't make this stuff up.

Congratulations will be released on April 13th via Sony/Columbia.

Congratulations Tracklist:
01. It's Working
02. Song for Dan Treacy
03. Someone's Missing
04. Flash Delirium
05. I Found a Whistle
06. Siberian Breaks
07. Brian Eno
08. Lady Dada's Nightmare
09. Congratulations