 MGMT's musical style has been characterized as a range of pop and rock genres with the former genre being described as; indie pop, synth-pop and psychedelic pop and the latter genre being described as; indie rock, psychedelic rock and neo-psychedelia.Paco Alvarez of "Spin" described their sound as a "brand of shape-shifting psychedelic pop" and Gavin Haynes of "the Guardian" describes MGMT as being "between pop and experimental".In January 2009, MGMT demanded compensation from the French Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) Party.