LCD Soundsystem. What more can I say? The creative genius of James Murphy takes us into the studio, with London Sessions, perhaps an album resulting from extensive touring in 2010, thus honing their live sound into a single studio session. The track listing reads like a greatest hits compilation and it would have been quite easy to produce just that, regurgitating the same versions of the songs we have come to love. But no, this album is even more playful, funky, and rambunctious than usual, with more cowbell!
When you put Murphy’s unusually elastic and inspired vocals, which range from insistent to hilarious, on top of the band’s sound, you’ve got the 2000s equivalent of Talking Heads when they expanded the group and became a huge force of oddball funk. It’s a more intense and synthesized version, and Murphy is no David Byrne (since he’s more likely to be in a dirty T-shirt than a big suit), but this wouldn’t work half as well if he were. His hopped-up hipster everyman with a bruised heart style is perfect for the band’s small-club intensity, and the album proves that the streamlined sound can translate into more than machine like bleeps and drum machine loops; it’s a vital addition to their already near-perfect catalog.
Take a listen to Pow Pow, a stand out track featuring Murphy's sense of humour with the lyrical stylingists and a penchant for getting funky!!
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