Even though LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy doesn’t run or jog, his excellent Nike approved 45:33 is a great soundtrack for a few miles on the treadmill or just chillin’ out around the house. LCD Soundsystem’s latest full-length Sound Of Silver is equally great. But would you expect anything less than greatness from the guy who gave us “Losing My Edge” and “Daft Punk Is Playing In My House?”
Sound Of Silver finds Murphy mining the same great electro dance pop territory that he always has, but this time every track is spot on. To my ears his warm production and decidedly pop ways have always set Murphy and LCD Soundsystem apart from the rest of the pack. And with almost half the tracks on Sound Of Silver clocking in at over 7 minutes, its hard to imagine that this could be LCD’s most accessible work to date, but it is.
Interestingly, I spent a lot of time jogging along to 45:33 last fall and upon listening to Sound Of Silver I couldn’t help but notice that parts of 45:33 were used. In fact, my favorite track from Sound Of Silver, “Someone Great,” appears on 45:33 in instrumental form. I’d recommend checking out both of ‘em. You can get both through DFA Records.
MP3 | LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great Sound Of Silver
MP3 | LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum (Onastic Dub Remix) North American Scum Single
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actually james does run. from the digital booklet that came with the itunes track, “Our Band, LCD, when on tour tends to do a lot of running…I train fighting and jiu jitsu 3 or 4 times a week, and a big part of that training is treadmill running.” even though he’s still a fat guy, in a t-shirt, doin’ all the singin’.
Actually Jared…
The following is taken directly from an interview with James Murphy. You can read it at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/music/story/0,,2008605,00.html
“Well I lied. I made [conceptual jogging soundtrack] 45:33 for Nike and I don’t even jog. I said I did but that was a total lie. I just wanted to make a record like E2-E4 by Manuel Göttsching. I was mourning that fact that music had changed and you could no longer make a record like that. I could have taken that into EMI but it’d be a bit pretentious. People expect songs. I wondered how I’d ever find the time and justification to do something like that, and that was perfect. But as far as running to test it, I didn’t even expect it to be for running. I wrote these liner notes which I find really funny but nobody seems to think they’re a joke. I’m not built to run. I’m built for fighting, not running away!”