release date: Sep. 1, 2017
format: cd
[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,84]
producer: James Murphy
label: DFA / Columbia - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 1. "Oh Baby" (live) - 2. "Other Voices" - 3. "I Used To" - 4. "Change Yr Mind" - 6. "Tonite" - 7. "Call the Police" - 9. "Emotional Haircut"
4th studio album by LCD Soundsystem who had re-united in 2016 is like the third album basically a James Murphy project-album featuring old associates. Looking at the credit list for the album, Murphy plays almost all instruments, though Al Doyle also contribute on several tracks, but official band members Pat Mahoney, Nancy Whang, Tyler Pope, Gavin Rayna Russom, Matt Thornley and Korey Richey nearly only appear on one or two tracks.
Stylistically, LCD Soundsystem still plays on some of the same sources - with some tracks being more electronic, some in the rock genre of alt. dance and dance-punk, and then there are more bold elements of synthpop scattered all over the album, which together with the electronic bits makes it a rather fresh and energetic collection of songs that makes me think of Underworld - only with more power.
In my mind, this is not only the best studio album and a nice surprise by LCD Soundsystem, it's also one of the best albums of 2017.
[ allmusic.com, Mojo, Q Magazine, Rolling Stone 4 / 5, Daily Telegraph, NME, The Guardian 5 / 5 stars ]
