LCD Soundsystem
American DreamDFA/Columbia
★★★★
BY ROB SHEFFIELD
Thetimehascome,thetimehas
come, the time has come today.
LCD Soundsystem have final-
ly returned from a mysterious
five-year breakup they never
quiteexplained,despitemak-
ingahigh-profilefilmdocu-
mentary ostensibly designed for
just that purpose. As rock & roll
retirements go, it was about as
believable as Cher’s sixth fare-
well tour. But wherever these
guys have been, what matters
is that they’ve returned at top
strength. James Murphy and
hiswreckingcrewofNewYork
punk-disco marauders don’t
waste a moment on the superb
American Dream–it’sarelent-
less, expansive, maddeningly
funny set of songs asking how
a lifetime of good intentions
and hard work can blow up into
such a mess. In the America of
2017, this isn’t just a question
for middle-aged rock stars.
LCD Soundsystem are gam-
bling with history by mak-
ing any new music at all, sinceIllustration by Tomer H a nuk a RollingStoneAus.com | Rolling Stone | 79Reviews
“The old guys are frightened,
And frightening to behold.
The kids come out fi ghting,
And still doing what they’re told.”
—LCD Sou ndsystem, “Call the Police”A Disco-
Punk Epic
for the
Age of
Tr u m p
LCD Soundsystem
return with an album of
awesome jams loaded
with fear and dread