End of the road for LCD Soundsystem
It’s a sad case of a band’s huge influence and success ending upkilling it. Since singing “I’m losing my edge” in LCD Soundsystem first single back in 2002, James Murphy has had less and less time for his group. It turned out he wasn’t losing his edge, but having his heyday. Everyone wanted to work with him, be produced by him, dance his set lists or be part of his record label, DFA.
Rapture, The Juan MacLean, Gorillaz, M.I.A., Chemical Brothers, Soulwax, Hot Chip, Hercules and Love Affair; they all have James Murphy’s finger somewhere in their careers and you can´t mention the dance-punk genre without immensely acknowledging him. The man certainly deserves the fame but sadly the cost of it all is that he has no patience for his brainchild anymore and LCDSoundsystem’s new album, This is Happening, will be also their last.
“I think it’s nice to feel like it’s the last one and we’ll tour really hard and then go do something else”, Murphy has said in a recent interview. Well, we disagree.
But before the grand finale there is yet another chance to see LCD Soundsystem and shook our heads in disapproval.
LCD Soundsystem’s new album, This is Happening, will be released on 17May.
Their next and possibly last UK/Ireland tour begins 20 April.