#5. Sound of Silver
by LCD
Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy writes lyrics
about the regrets of affluent thirtysomethings. Then he does something
far more interesting he turns them into dance music. With an
unexplained death at its core, Someone Great is Joy Division quality
techno that haunts your every gyration. All My Friends spins the same
few chords into a slow-building elegy for the days when friends lazed on
every couch and life was unmapped. Murphy may be in midlife crisis, but
at least he's had the good sense to have it on the dance floor.
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