LCD Soundsystem – X-Ray Eyes (12″ Single Vinyl LP)

Brand new single drop from one of the most beloved bands of the modern era, part-pioneers of DFA records and Brooklyn-based scene starters, LCD Soundsystem. As you’d expect, the main groove is an angular vocal-led stomp that harks back to the classic days of machine-heavy off-piste electronics (Chris Carter, Reznor) and minimal, snappy electro but soon descends into an artifact-laiden suite of echoic blips and increasingly frenetic synth soloing.

Murphy’s vocals here slot in perfectly beneath the slow synth passages too, lending a momentum that belies the reasonably unchanging percussion, and the flip-side focuses a little more on the vocal and snappy percussion with an aquatic sounding dub that relies even more heavily on the avant-garde drone elements of the original. Another superb single from one of the most legendary figures in todays indie landscape.

Tracklist
A1. X-Ray Eyes
B1. X-Ray Eyes (Extended Trash Can Dub)