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.
By taking a narrow view of costs, with a principal focus on labor costs, it could appear on a spreadsheet that shipping factories and jobs to China would help the bottom line and pop the share price, and along with that, eye-popping management bonuses.