![]() Whereas albums from The Rapture and !!! relied on their breakthrough singles for anchoring, LCD doesn’t use any of their big singles as crutches for LCD Soundsystem-though devoted fans might have already found their way to “Daft Punk is Playing at My House,” the album’s stomping fuzz-rock opener, or “Tribulations,” the album’s centerpiece and arguable highlight, through early internet leaks. And, most importantly-it is in no way a let down. It’s not a total deviation from what we know of the group. But after disappointing would-be breakthrough releases from so many of the discopunk frontlines, this is an album that’s more easily classifiable as “great” for what it isn’t, rather than what it is. It’s not exactly a home-run, mind you- LCD Soundsystem is not an album that results in blown minds and logic-defying epiphanies. ![]() And with last year’s unanimously celebrated “Yeah,” the release of member-sharing production team The DFA’s acclaimed Compilation #2, and Murphy’s excellent guest spots on Soulwax’s “NY Excuse” and Felix da Housecat’s Devin Dazzle and the Neon Fever album, the moment is finally right for LCD’s full-length mission statement.Īnd, simply put, it’s a hit. While their discopunk peers-!!!, the Liars, Radio 4-have either jumped ship or gone down with the vessel, LCD’s stock has, against all odds, continued to rise exponentially. Prior to the release of LCD Soundsystem, almost every LCD fan worth his cowbell has made a CD-R of the group’s a-sides, b-sides and other leaked tracks, and that CD-R-which is essentially included here as a bonus disc-is practically a masterpiece of an LP in its own right. By putting out just a handful of singles (essentially one a year) and making a few key guest appearances, LCD have still managed to stay firmly in the public’s eye, so much so that an album almost seems like an afterthought. Over the course of the last three years, LCD have done what only a couple of years ago would’ve seemed impossible-they’ve become a hipster household name without releasing a single album. Heck your calendars, and you’ll find that it’s been almost three years since James Murphy and company released the first LCD Soundsystem single, “Losing My Edge.” This is surprising not only because the single still sounds as great as it did then, but because since “Losing My Edge,” public excitement over the group hasn’t dipped in the slightest. ![]()
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