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

Also dude don't capitalise the h in his like Murphy's God, even by accident!

pretty sure in the past he's said he just sort of comes up w/ shit on the spot iirc

― ksh, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 07:07 (3 hours ago) Bookmark

For Tribulations he's quoted as saying this is what he did. I'm sure a little more thought goes into most of his lyrics.

i think murphy is a pretty terrific lyricist for what its worth

havent heard the lyrics to this album but for a pop/rock songwriter he writes v well

havent heard the lyrics to this album but for a pop/rock songwritercorporate buzzbot he writes v well

― max, Tuesday, April 13, 2010 7:59 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah i mean hes no franz ferdinand

actually the lyrics are meaningless, haven't you read Barthes? god.

The lyrics to Losing My Edge are probably close to best of that decade. Even with Yeah coming as the next single there was a lot of thought went into it. I.e. to disabuse people of the notion that they were this really wordy bunch of ultra-ironists by releasing something very straight forward and simple. He doesn't strike me as someone who just pulls stuff out of his arse, no matter what he says.

Drunk Girls sounded terrible last night. I was not feelin it at all. the other new songs were also pretty lame but i dont remember how many they played

the show was pretty stellar otherwise.

is it jsut me or does Gavin Russom look exactly like a young Brian Eno???? dude is definitely channeling him with the 'doo

^^is russom in the band? or am i misunderstanding? he's definitely channeling eno yes, but he's not feminine enough i think :)

he's co-producer which could mean anything. i dare say he plays a lot on it but he's not in the band.

i really like this. it's much more full on than SoS and the production makes it sound really fresh. Tim Goldsworthy had nothing to do with SoS but i liked the way that record sounded too. Jams is a greatly talented producer in his own right. "Home" sounds most like LCD started out sounding (w/ the cowbell etc) but Russom has made it a bit more fruity.

there have always been a few (very few) duff lines on LCD records but he's a great lyricist who sometimes fails because he tries to connect very directly with the listener with a mix of humour and pathos and when you get that even slightly wrong its very conspicuous. i usually grow to love those missteps though.

yeah he's in the band

1st track is cringe-inducing imho. considering the next song is "drunk girls," i just turned it off.

if anyone could assist me in hearing this, i wouldn't hate it. i'm gonna buy it when it comes out anyway.

whoever upthread said there was an "All My Friends" on this record: i hope you're right

if there is - i didnt find it.(yet?)

there's no "all my friends" or (or "someone great" but i personally never loved that song) but there's also no "watch the tapes" -- every song on this is rad as fuck, even digging "drunk girls" more

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12:33 AM (9 hours ago)

I feel like 'home' is the 'all my friends'

also surprised no review has yet mentioned how penguin cafe orchestra-y it is

― iatee, Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12:34 AM (9 hours ago)

\(O_o)/

I'm just amazed how Gavin can have the longest fucking hair and still be bald. It's a talent. And yeah, Drunk Girls was completely blah last night. "I'm losing my edge to all the kids who know this song better than me"

HAH! How was last nights show?? I wonder how it stacked up to the Brooklyn gig?

UGH third night Terminal 5 tickets are on sale now and I don't know whether or not to buy them!! As much as I would love to see them again I'm worried 2x in 2 months would sort of ruin the magic or something.

life is short: go

i actually think that iatee is right re: "home" btw

Yeah, Home is similar in vibe to All My Friends, but miles away in quality.

"Home" doesn't have the ridiculously sappy sentimentalism of "All My Friends" either. Best track on the album by far.

After further review, i've decided the LCD album rates a 6*

*i'm using the Bristol Stool Scale for measurments

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Scale

GOOD ONE

The show last night was nice, and sounds like it was less sloppy than the W'berg one the other night. Murphy just kept fiddling with every knob and screw he could find to keep himself busy.

I also realized that "All My Friends" has now become a straight up Schlager song - not sure if this is Murphy's fault, or just everyone else stomping and chanting along with it.

here's a demo of a song that didn't make the album: http://stereogum.com/338311/lcd-soundsystem-love-in-l-a-demo/top-stories/lead-story/

http://www.biznotic.com/images/thishappened.jpg

very good

'i can change' has a 'all my friends' vibe

I keep hearing "All I Want" as the "All My Friends" track here--same melancholy, same sort of simple, propulsive structure.

you guys are doing a very good job of making me think this album is not for me

what songs do you like the most on the last album

pretty much if you don't like "dance yrself clean" or "i can change" then the album might not be for you

I thought we all agreed Ezra Koenig offered everything we wanted in an indie pop hero.

what songs do you like the most on the last album

"Someone Great", "Get Innocuous!", "Us vs Them", "North American Scum" (in roughly that order)

I really hate "All My Friends" and having so many different songs being described in terms of it is making me... not nervous, but wary.

if anyone could assist me in hearing this, i wouldn't hate it. i'm gonna buy it when it comes out anyway.

― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Tuesday, April 13, 2010 10:04 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I emailed you broheems

dan i think you'll like it -- there are more songs like "someone great" (i.e. "i can change" at least sonically speaking) than "all my friends"

1) This album is not the same as last album--stop clawing in the dark for track-by-track identicalities!

2) THIS ALBUM >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A MUSHY STOOL

love love love 'all my friends'

psssst n/a help a brother out

;)

uh I emailed you but just to save time for anyone else looking for it, the link on All Everyone United was working for me earlier today

I think this is fucking awesome.

thx n/a!

yeah i like this so far

none of these songs feel half as long as they actually are

i was actually just thinking about how dance yrself clean is the longest song on the album at nine minutes, yet doesn't feel at all demanding compared to the rest of the album.

oh i guess hit is slightly longer. but still.

none of these songs feel half as long as they actually are

― iatee, Tuesday, April 13, 2010 7:56 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

this is another v good point

these guys are really into berlin-era bowie