The new Smut song “Touch & Go” is rooted in indie rock history, but not like you’re thinking. Based on the title, you might think the latest Tomorrow Comes Crashing single takes influence from Touch & Go Records, a massively important label which — just like Smut — relocated to Chicago from elsewhere in the Midwest. But it’s actually inspired by “Time To Pretend,” the iconic opening track from MGMT’s debut album Oracular Spectacular. (MGMT will be the first to tell you they only recently became an indie band, but what does indie really mean anyway?)
