If there’s anything that we’ve learnt in the last few years of LCD Soundsystem; it’s that James Murphy simply cannot be trusted. If the grand sendoff that was their 2011 Madison Square Garden show (with accompanying live show recording and documentary film) followed by a new album after like 4 years wasn’t enough to convince you… then his current antics might. Back in June of last year, Murphy confirmed on an episode of “WTF with Marc Maron” that LCD Soundsystem were “not rehearsing” then when asked about the possibility of post-pandemic shows said, “We’ll figure something out when the time is right.” Since then, however, LCD have played a month’s worth of shows at a residency at the Brooklyn Steel, announced a further 2 residencies at Philadelphia’s Franklin Music Hall and Boston’s Roadrunner. He cannot be trusted.
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Now, the usual level of trickery seems to have found its way to London. Projections of Murphey’s record label DFA Records have been spotted popping up around Shoreditch high street and around the Tate Modern in Bankside. The projections also came with the formidable slogan “YOU ARE HERE”, probably in reference to LCD’s breakout hit Losing My Edge and its borderline judgmental repetition of “I was there”. The fact that this is the DFA logo and not any kind of LCD specific symbolism could mean any number of things though. Perhaps a London date of the DFA 20th anniversary party. With appearances from 2manydjs, Black Dice (Live), Black Meteoric Star (live), James Murphy, JDH + Dave P, Juan MacLean, Justin Miller, and a load of other DFA alum, I wouldn’t mind a London date. But as of yet, nothing has been confirmed about what these teasers are actually leading towards. Watch this space.
If, like me, you are in fact living in England, and can’t quite afford a ticket to the states for a few days just to go and see LCD Soundsystem, you may have to be temporarily satisfied with their SNL appearances last week. On the John Mulaney hosted event, the band played 2 old fan favourites from their 2005 self-titled debut; “Yr City’s a Sucker” and “Thrills”. The show also confirmed the Guardian Angel status of the band after they burst onto the scene, “We’re the Guardian Angels and if you’re looking for a fight, you’ve gotta go through us!” You can watch the pro-shot video from the show below.
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