With time, the band's bombastic nature and unconventional electro-pop music caught the eye of indie label Cantora Records, with whom it released the first MGMT EP, Time To Pretend.

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Trevor Oswalt, the driving force behind East Forest, refers to his music as "ambient-electro-acoustic-post-rock, " or "Shaman-rock" for short.

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As its name suggests, opening act Does It Offend You, Yeah? doesn't take itself terribly seriously: The British electro-rock band infuses its ambitious and chaotic music with bass slaps, cowbells, and signifiers of '80s pop, not to mention healthy doses of electronic screeching.

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His music sounds like a thickly layered electro-acoustic casserole, baked to perfection and ready to feed a family of 50.

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