LCD Soundsystem

LCD could not successfully reunite Nancy or Pat

it'll come across pretty sad especially after only 5 years.

They only existed for nine years

oh noes the sublime artistic integrity of lcd soundsystem has been cheapened

anyway when they split he said they'd play & record again, but he didn't expect to make albums and tour the same songs for 18 months again

yeah it would be cool if they just became a studio band from here on out, I thought it was the touring that really wore Murphy out

There's no "if" about the reunion. They're playing a whole bunch of festivals and perhaps other dates in the US and Europe this Spring and Summer, starting with Coachella and running until at least July. Coachella isn't even the only one they're doing in Southern California.

Not that any statement was necessary given how obviously premature and therefore faux was the purported breakup, but anyone who thought it wouldn't happen (or who invested any sort of significance in that MSG show) missed Murphy telling you at the time that it probably would. When he decided he wanted to soundtrack the NYC subway and realized that he needed a lot of money to do it (and a lot of money he's getting), it became a no-brainer.

Not to suggest that there's nothing silly about investing any significance in a TNG Talking Heads knockoff with a more bearish, less bright frontman in the first place

So this whole thing is to help fund his subway project?

TNG?

it's a hairdressing term

Oh, star trek The Next Generation

gabbers has a point, tbf

So this whole thing is to help fund his subway project?

― Position Position, Thursday, December 31, 2015 11:18 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Does the fact that it might help fund a fairly-unlikely art project make you feel better about the idea that they're willing to be paid millions of dollars? I'm led to believe it was part of the impetus, or removal of indifference.

They were so sad when we broke up
But now they're mad
That we're not

he goes on a bit like but fair dos

http://lcdsoundsystem.com/main/archives/793

wow, really did not expect a new record to be part of this (or the motivation for it).

He should set that post to music.

Great footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT8FjbOtwFA

(of last night's first-show-back i should say)

I suppose I am glad to have them back, but I was a bit bummed their setlists have been pretty much song for song identical since reuniting, including last night at one of the Lollapalooza-related club after shows. I enjoyed it fine, but don't say you're getting the band back together because you have more to say or your work isn't finished or whatever and then hit the clubs and festivals with a set in stone setlist that pretty much feels like an exact continuation of what you were doing for but with less spontaneity. Also, the world weary shtick doesn't quite play as well after you've prematurely reunited. If you want to be back you've got to try a little harder to make it look like it was something you missed, imo. Murphy was good and sounded good, but he sounded most enthusiastic telling everyone that Derrick Carter was DJing downstairs if they really wanted to dance.

I listened to "Never As Tired As When I'm Waking Up" this morning. They should start closing their sets with that instead of "NY I Love You"

Two new songs out today

http://www.factmag.com/2017/05/04/lcd-soundsystems-call-police-american-dream-stream/

If I had to play spot the reference (with a band that all but demands it), I'd say that "Police" song sounds a bit like the Psychedelic Furs (and would sound better with Butler singing).

a friend pointed out "Call the Police" sounds a bit like this '80s Fleetwood Mac number, which seems like the sort of thing Murphy would quote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70FTf_OHuR0

"Call the Police" sounds like LCD meets Bowie's "Heroes" to me - there's even a Berlin reference in it. Love it so far although I wish the ending was a little crazier.

Still need to listen to "American Dream" some more.

he sounds like Wayne Coyne but i like it.

To my ears, it sounds like a band that has doubled down on its legacy sound (All My Friends / Heroes / Someone Great). In 2017 it's ehhh.

https://genius.com/Lcd-soundsystem-call-the-police-lyrics

"Well, there's a full-blown rebellion but you're easy to confuse
By triggered kids and fakers and some questionable views
Oh, call the cops, call the preachers!
Before they let us and they lose"

i'm reaaally hoping that i'm misreading the 'triggered kids' line because that's a pretty meh move for him politically

the song is good imo but whew if he's not gonna get a bit of backlash for that

actually, changed my mind: talked to a friend and he pointed out that it's more likely the same lyrical shtick as All My Friends and Dance Yrself Clean, which is the whole "unreliable narrator relating to/critiquing an old guy complaining about the youngsters thing". i guess the ambiguity could still be read as kinda sus, but i'll pull back on getting on some high horse

Read the entire lyrics. I'm going to avoid any think piece on this for the rest of my life.

In 2017 it's ehhh.

does he sound a bit like bono on the police track?

lyrics are not great

the more earnest murphy's lyrics are, the more hit-or-miss they become

I like "American Dream" but boy is "Call the Police" tedious

To my ears, it sounds like a band that has doubled down on its legacy sound (All My Friends / Heroes / Someone Great). In 2017 it's ehhh.

― paulhw, Thursday, May 4, 2017 8:19 PM (yesterday)

check this:
delia gonzalez & gavin russom - the days of mars

does he sound a bit like bono on the police track?

He does.

I dislike this person, and the music he makes, greatly.

I find him very sympathetic, if you're interested in changing your mind perhaps this interview will be of interest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYCz06bS380

but I mean also just the guy who wrote Someone Great has to be a nice person

Call The Police sounds a bit like Oasis or Kasabian by the time it gets to the outro.

I've generally been happy with most LCD stuff but let's all acknowledge for a moment that the pre album 12"s, culminating with the besthingever "Yeah", is the real shit.

top 3 tracks are pretty easily Beat Connection/Thrills/Yeah, nothing else he did in the Beat Connection/Yeah sort of mode later really came close

I like the synth tone in Call the Police that's really evocative of YMO's Cue, but unlike when he's done this style in the past, it's not more than the sum of its New Order + "Heroes" parts - this time sounding a ton like Procession

the biggest change in either of these tracks is the way the drums are produced

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiC7SEkQX9U

Obviously going to be scorching thing to experience live.

call the police really grew on me—i think i've settled on really liking how it goes back and forth from romantic to punky, since the bass motorik is always there to keep you grounded

Yeah, that was great. Alas, I saw them on one of last year or so's reunion/club shows, and man, the crowd was so gross I don't think I can handle it again. That's my problem, totally, they were fine otherwise. Maybe the influx of new songs will change the dynamic.

what was gross about the crowd? were they wearing TEVAs?

I'm really enjoying Call The Police after that performance. I'm getting massive Ultravox vibes from it, especially the keyboards in the "and we don't waste time with love" part.

Who's the synth dude bopping away in the back?

Gavin Russom:
delia gonzalez & gavin russom - the days of mars

lol jed!

if you're going to tell us about it then do so. if you're not you may as well just post "i've got this records and you've not bitches!". whatever, i'm looking forward to this being released. i like these guys.

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, August 23, 2005 3:24 PM (eleven years ago)