Published in Epigram Music’s feature on ‘albums of the decade’
SOUND OF SILVER
LCD Soundsystem
March 2007
DFA
With an album-opener like ‘Get Innocuous!’ it’s hard to imagine Sound of Silver getting any better, but LCD Soundsystem visionary James Murphy “sets controls for the heart of the sun” and comes out with a seminal sound in electronic music. Sound of Silver adds layer upon layer to an up-tempo beat until you think it can go no further, ‘Us V Them’ and ‘Get Innocuous!’ being prime examples of this ever-growing euphoria. Sound of Silver is a definitive party-starter but would not be out of place for more intimate moments, especially in delicate tracks ‘Someone Great’ and ‘All my Friends’, two songs about longing that become all the more raw in such surroundings. Both tracks remain so touching in the unique juxtaposition of electronica and emotion that defines this album of the decade.
For epigram’s albums of the decade visit http://epigrammusic.blogspot.com/2009/11/promised-works-special-epigrams.html
