Umm yeah, I don't know about this one. Which is really a shame because the first three songs are fucking fantastic. "Get Innocuous" has that Talking Heads feel that Murphy captures so well (speaking of which, Murphy was namechecked in the Times article on David Byrne). "North American Scum" is all spoken word in that nasally Jonathan Richman voice and has a great line about how "New York is the greatest if you can find someone to pay your rent". But then the next two songs are all slow and about relationships or some shit and you're like what the fuck? Cause LCD isn't about that; it's about crazy hedonism and hipster coke parties, the whole ridiculous lifestyle that Vice magazine tried to promote (is still promoting? does anyone care anymore?), right? Well half of this album is like the morning after when you wake up with a terrible hangover and try and reassess your life. Except instead of making really angry music that sounds like your mind feels you make this terrible sappy shit. I mean, for fuck's sake, Track 5 is called "All My Friends," at the end of which he sings "Where are my friends tonaaaaaight?" sounding like the guy from The Killers. There was exactly one song like this on the first album, "Never as Tired as When I'm Waking Up," and it was all psychedelic and dreamy where these are just boring and flat. But then, the next track, "Us v. Them" is a classic 8-minute LCD track and it's the shit. After that, "Watch the Tapes" is pretty short and neither here nor there. Then it's the title track which is fucking fantastic with these great Laid Back "White Horse" vocals. And then he ends the album with this stupid piano ballad about how New York is full of boring people who fill up the bars he thought he would drink at and now its no fun anymore at which point I no longer give a shit about whether it's ironic or not, I just want it all to end. That's kind of the interesting thing: it seems like Murphy's torn between making the older-style LCD tracks and the newer shorter ones which showcase his "songwriting abilities" so he tries to mix the first with the second. Now I guess this makes sense since the first album was essentially a compilation of singles, but this new method sure makes for some uneven listening. The great thing about the first album was that the songs were all epic and long and took you places like very little other dance music out there. Take "Yeah (Pretentious Version)" for example and how it explodes in the middle; there is nothing like that on here. And the production is honestly pretty boring. Like yeah, there's cowbell all over it, but who really gives a shit when you can't stand half the songs?
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Umm yeah, I don't know about this one. Which is really a shame because the first three songs are fucking fantastic. "Get Innocuous" has that Talking Heads feel that Murphy captures so well (speaking of which, Murphy was namechecked in the Times article on David Byrne). "North American Scum" is all spoken word in that nasally Jonathan Richman voice and has a great line about how "New York is the greatest if you can find someone to pay your rent". But then the next two songs are all slow and about relationships or some shit and you're like what the fuck? Cause LCD isn't about that; it's about crazy hedonism and hipster coke parties, the whole ridiculous lifestyle that Vice magazine tried to promote (is still promoting? does anyone care anymore?), right? Well half of this album is like the morning after when you wake up with a terrible hangover and try and reassess your life. Except instead of making really angry music that sounds like your mind feels you make this terrible sappy shit. I mean, for fuck's sake, Track 5 is called "All My Friends," at the end of which he sings "Where are my friends tonaaaaaight?" sounding like the guy from The Killers. There was exactly one song like this on the first album, "Never as Tired as When I'm Waking Up," and it was all psychedelic and dreamy where these are just boring and flat. But then, the next track, "Us v. Them" is a classic 8-minute LCD track and it's the shit. After that, "Watch the Tapes" is pretty short and neither here nor there. Then it's the title track which is fucking fantastic with these great Laid Back "White Horse" vocals. And then he ends the album with this stupid piano ballad about how New York is full of boring people who fill up the bars he thought he would drink at and now its no fun anymore at which point I no longer give a shit about whether it's ironic or not, I just want it all to end. That's kind of the interesting thing: it seems like Murphy's torn between making the older-style LCD tracks and the newer shorter ones which showcase his "songwriting abilities" so he tries to mix the first with the second. Now I guess this makes sense since the first album was essentially a compilation of singles, but this new method sure makes for some uneven listening. The great thing about the first album was that the songs were all epic and long and took you places like very little other dance music out there. Take "Yeah (Pretentious Version)" for example and how it explodes in the middle; there is nothing like that on here. And the production is honestly pretty boring. Like yeah, there's cowbell all over it, but who really gives a shit when you can't stand half the songs?
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ummm...you're gay for even reviewing it?
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