LCD Soundsystem On 'Sound Of Silver'
Electro genius James Murphy spoke exclusively to John Kennedy about his long awaited new album in full detail. Listen to it all right here.
James Murphy aka LCD Soundsystem has returned with the highly anticipated new album 'Sound Of Silver', the follow up to the massively acclaimed and eponymous debut which spawned the classic singles 'Daft Punk Is Playing At My House' and 'Losing My Edge'.
Difficult second album syndrome has been more than avoided with 'Sound Of Silver' another bonafide electro classic.
From the crushing barrage of first single 'North American Scum' to the sublime bittersweet ballad 'New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down' expect 'Sound Of Silver' to feature on many top album polls by the years end.
To concide with the albums release James spoke at length about the entire album and told John Kennedy about its origins, his recording process and his feelings on the album leaking early. [listen]
Read highlights below and hit the [listen] links to hear James' commentary in full.
'Get Innocuous!'
"Normally the way I write music is title, then music then lyrics.."
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'Time To Get Away'
"It's a great song but it's very hard to play the rhythm live..."
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'North American Scum'
"I never really thought that the title would raise so many eyebrows.."
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'Someone Great'
"It was a piece of music I kept going back to and working on over and over again.."
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'All My Friends'
"I wanted to achieve that feeling of everyone playing together when it was actually just me experimenting with machines.."
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'Us V Them'
"It's inspired by an intro I created live for Disco Infiltrator.."
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'Watch The Tapes'
"Al from Hot Chip plays guitar on this....a thin English guy replacing another thin English guy.."
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'Sound Of Silver'
"I'd set myself up this challenge to make the vocals as embarassing as possible.."
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'New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down'
"Yes its a love song to my city and it had to be bittersweet to be interesting.."
[listen]
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