Album Review: LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
‘This Is Happening’ begins with somewhat of anti climax when it comes to LCD Soundsystem songs with ‘Dance Yrself Clean’ and after an incredible but at the same time slow build up it really kicks in at three minutes and for the next six glorious minutes you are in for a James Murphy sized treat.
‘Drunk Girls’ is very much the single that you expect from the album, it is catchy and at times pretty lo-fi but it would not look out of place on ‘Sound of Silver’. It’s further on the record that you get the really LCD Soundsystem that not only match ‘Someone Great’ and ‘All My Friends’ but completely blow them out of the water.
‘All I Want’ is quite easily the best song that LCD Soundsystem has ever produced; it is what is absolutely perfect about music. Lyrically it is Murphy on form and musically it is just an irresistible wall of noise. “And all I want is your pity; oh all I want are your bitter tears”, James Murphy writes the perfect seven minute love song, again.
‘Pow Pow’, ‘You Wanted A Hit’ and ‘One Touch’ are more proof that this is an incredible record worthy of ending up in any top ten list. But it’s in tracks like ‘Home’ and ‘I Can Change’ that you real see the beauty of LCD Soundsystem’s work. “I can change, I can change, I can change, if it helps you fall in love”, yet another love song from Mr. Murphy. ‘Home’ ends the album on absolute high; it’s the perfect album closer.
The biggest disappointed is that this will be the last we see of the LCD Soundsystem moniker.
9/10
