LCD Soundsystem's Oddly Inspiring Flip-Flop
Six years after the band broke up, the slow-burning<em> American Dream</em> testifies to the power of choosing to start again.
LCD Soundsystem became one of the most celebrated bands of the 2000s with a seemingly unsexy concept: dance music about getting older. Shuffle along to about the youths who are hipper than you! Sweat about the friends you’ll never see again! Energetically to the thought that your prime has passed! Bandleader James Murphy’s encyclopedic mastery of underground-rock history and his DJ-honed knack for the joys of rhythm ensured his band’s appeal. Yet the heart of the LCD experience was in his mangy croon: Whether he was reciting an essay or repeating one syllable ad nauseam, it reminded the listener that the
