Band: LCD Soundsystem
Release: 5/2010
Label: DFA

1. “Dance Yrself Clean” – A-
2. “Drunk Girls” – B-
3. “One Touch” – C
4. “All I Want” – B-
5. “I Can  Change” – B-
6. “You Wanted A Hit” – B
7. “Pow Pow” – C+
8. “Somebody’s Calling Me” – C
9. “Home” – B+

Comments: LCD Soundsystem is a pretty fun band. I didn’t think “Dance Yrself Clean” to be much fun until the electronics kicked in halfway through. It’s got some really catchy synths and keyboard fills. The song’s lengthy but not necessarily overly so. Are we not men? We are LCD Soundsystem. If only Devo took cues from Daryl Palumbo. “Drunk Girls” is a little obnoxious. It’s a finely constructed POP song, except it doesn’t really do much for me. It’s like a ThreeOhThree song minus the bullshit. If I must give Murphy credit, I will say the man is pretty freaking flexible. I mean, is it really that easy to go from sounding like Palumbo to sounding like Ian Curtis? See “One Touch” for reference. That’s like the Pussycats Dolls turning into the Dum Dum Girls kind of shit right there. Back to “One Touch.” It’s simple and boring. The boring factor continues.

Grade: B- (81)