Coming out of producer team dfa's plantain studios, after a ridiculous amount of good music blurring the border between 'indie' and club music including the Rapture's House of Jealous Lovers, Primal Scream and Le Tigre remixes and brand new music by the likes of Zerozero and Trans Am, enter LCD Soundsystem's new album.

The third track, Losing My Edge, has already been out awhile, even receiving some radio air time in Sweden (!) and lots and lots of the same at clubs in the big three when it comes to clubbing: London, Berlin and NYC. So what do we have? Six tracks in the great dfa blender of club rock electro beat bass and guitars. And slightly off vocals. All in all, it's downright brilliant.

The first track is a speedy Fat Boy Slim like groove that despite the initial kick manages to come off as the album's weak link. Excellent on the dance floor, what I am certain it is intended for, it comes out as just a tad too long and invaried even played loudly under the influence of alcohol. That's as may be, right now it's still among the best songs I've heard the last decade or so. In the second your typical modern electronica reference, Ladytron comes to mind. The very essence of electro and melody. Not very happy, somewhat fragile and with fat beats. Tiga? Very much so. Only Tiga & Zyntherius were never this good. The singel then, Losing my edge. Imagine a funky beat, slowly adding depth to lyrics the likes of these:

I was there / I was the first guy to play Daft Punk to the rock kids / I played it at CBGB's / Everybody thought it was crazy/ ...

So, what's about ze rest? Where is love? It's not Haddaway. This song actually sounds exactly like Lovertits. But not really. And all this merging into the best Primal Scream ballade you ever heard. Only it's not Primal Scream. The perfect ending in the saddest day out in the USA... Buy it and listen and you'll understand.

(9/10)

29.09.2002 -Daniel Sjöström, editor