"This Is Happening": the third album by LCD Soundsystem

no way Paul Thomas Anderson is way too corny, u mad.

don't doubt the science of that classic, stoner-friendly thread.

I'd take the first Lightning Seeds album over the LCD debut and This Is Happening.

Fall of Rome shit right here.

Agreed with some of the comments upthread, that intro before the groove kicks in on the first track lasts way way too long and is fairly offputting. It smokes once it kicks in, but I keep feeling like its not worth the wait.

nah the intro is fantastic, the resignation of 'it happens all the time'....

Btw, that same coworker later said "wait, do I mean The Lightning Seeds or The Beautiful South?"

welp, either way, ilx was there first:

http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=79&threadid=65077

like One Touch - like one of the better tracks on the last Juan Maclean album but with a bit more raucous urgency (not sure this is something JM necessarily needs in his own stuff tho...just makes it more annoying how ppl ignored that LP compared to LCD)

Going slightly off top here for a second, great to see that OMD footage earlier in the thread. I've seen it loads of times and it always makes me laugh. What the hell is going on with his moves? How can anyone's legs move like that?

Still loving the new album. I guess Somebody's calling me is the weakest track but I still like it more than Sound Of Silver which was my least favourite on the last album.

So the really low vocals on "Dance Yrself Clean" (amazing song, regardless) and songs like "All I Want"... intentional or just a shitty mixing job? I mean, none of Jams' other albums have had that problem and he KNOWS how to mix vocals, so I'm guessing it's just an artistic choice. Still, I don't really like it. Ah well.

Was supposed to be seeing these guys on Tuesday but it's been cancelled cos of the volcano. Could be a bleak summer for the gig-goers of Europe.

I'm guessing it's just an artistic choice

I'd guess it's to make you turn it up to hear the soft first part then you get blown out by the second part but you're supposed to keep it that loud

or something

I don't like this song at all, but the video is kind of fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdRaf3-OEh4

I wanted to think it was an artistic choice and I wanted to like it, but I've come to the conclusion that there are simply poor mixing choices affecting at least 1/3 of the tracks. They def. sound more erratic on headphones than on the stereo, but they're kind of a mess either way.

Yeah the production on this is well ropey.

Yeah... and I don't get it because he knows very well how to mix vocals, and that's what pisses me off. I kind of understand the "I'd guess it's to make you turn it up to hear the soft first part then you get blown out by the second part but you're supposed to keep it that loud" explanation, but that's kind of bullshit too. The only songs I have a problem with the mixing are "Dance Yrself Clean" and "All I Want," and maybe because it's just two songs you can chalk it up to artistic choice... but fuck.

that video is so amazing ^

video is so fantastic!

seems like every couple years he does a video where he gets physically pwned ("losing my edge", "all my friends", this).

wondering if those are the jackass guys in the panda suits?

OMG that video. I have such a crush on Pat Mahoney :(

Check out @lcdsoundsystem's video for drunk girls by spike jonze.we're the tall violent pandas at the beginning: http://tumblr.com/xkq8tqi7t
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Alex Holy Ghost!

http://twitter.com/HolyGhostNYC/status/12470203651

awes, but wish they'd spend less time in videos, more time making more music.

lol wait theyve got a single coming out in a week

way late to this party but this is great so far...ive repeated "all i want" about 5 times now and get past it. just a stunning track

d-_-b

^^

otm

"all i want" makes me wanna walk around like a little kid pretending to be an airplane

if that makes sense, lol

this is me http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2268/2396557558_4400aae2ef.jpg

rly rly love the way the synth slowly evolves into a menace

lol kev

"I Can Change" is my fave so far

I Can Change totally reminds me of an Echo & The Bunnymen song from 83-84 that I can't quite place.

Home is my jam fwiw

wait i got it.... I Can Change = Bring On The Dancing Horses

oh, this leaked?

lol where u been

not paying attention to this thread

streaming on the website Rev.

after few listens the only tracks i like are the first, the last and I Can Change.

All I Want could be good as well, if the vocals were not ruined by the terrible mix.

'You wanted a hit' is so good! The way it starts is kinda After Dark inspired bliss..

wait i got it.... I Can Change = Bring On The Dancing Horses

not really hearing that, sounds more like a Gary Numan song to me

i do not get how people dislike the vocal mix in "all i want", seems perfect to me

I don't understand any of the vocal complaints either, my copy of the album sounds perfect from start to finish. Must've been two different versions leaked?

or ppl are just complaining about aesthetic choices

oma gawd, they KILLED at coachella. granted i had taken a few pills it was fantastic. off the new album they played "drunk girls" "i can change" and "pow pow" and tbh, i like all three live. i mean i love the latter two but drunk girls is growing on me?

also pow pow works live just as well as "us v them", the dude has truly mastered the building/layering of different elements to create a giant fucking crescendo out of a song. loooooooved it, go see them live!

btw anyone know if there's any validity to them calling this the "last tour" as LCD?

Well, it's valid until the point they announce the next one!

Everyone agrees that the money is in playing live now, right? Jams complains about downloads taking his money (masked as 'i want to control when it comes out'), yet announces an end the what he's best at and what makes the most money. How does that make sense? If he doesn't care about the money angle, fair enough. LCD Soundsystem are fantastic live, probably my favorite live band right now, and most everyone who's seen them praises their show, so i'm not sure why he'd want to quit touring. He could quit recording in the studio and keep touring and make shit tons of money. Who wouldn't pay to see LCD play an entire set of covers. Imagine the possibilities. They've done Carl Craig and Joy Division. Not touring as LCD Soundsystem is a mistake. Where's the DFA tour? Juan MacLean, Holy Ghost and LCD. I'd go.

He said in an interview a few months ago (that I can't find right now) that this would be the last LCD Soundsystem album, so maybe he's talking about the whole band ceasing?