History Music / LCDSoundsystem

* GriefSong: "Someone Great". Murphy has consistently declined over the years to say exactly what it's about, although one theory (popular with fans of the bands who happen to be parents) is that it's inspired by the experience of miscarriage.

LCD Soundsystem is an [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity NYC]]-based DancePunk band formed in 2002 by James Murphy, [[IAmTheBand who plays most if not all instruments on the records]].

Their next release was in late 2006 -- a composition commissioned by Nike and titled "45:33" (although it's really [[EpicRocking 45:58 in length]]). In 2007, their second album, ''Sound of Silver'', was released to further acclaim. In late 2008, the first hint at the band breaking up was made by member Al Doyle; however, both him and Murphy promptly denied this, and more music started being recorded in mid-2009. The end result was their third album, ''This Is Happening''.

Murphy did publicly state several months before the album's release that it would likely be the band's final work, and while he later stated that the band would continue to record, February 2011 brought the announcement that LCD Soundsystem would be playing their [[GrandFinale final show]] on April 2 at Madison Square Garden. [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments The show was sold out in 15 seconds]][[note]]necessitating the setup of four warm-up shows at New York's Terminal 5 with setlists almost identical to the MSG show[[/note]], and, among other extravagances, ran for almost four hours, had Music/ArcadeFire singing backup vocals, and featured the 80's post-punk band Liquid Liquid (a great influence on Murphy since the band's inception) as an opening act. All in all, the show was a spectacle rivaled by few concerts of its time, and proved to everyone that Murphy was actually ending the project -- at least, for the foreseeable future.

At the tail end of 2015, murmurs of LCD Soundsystem reuniting in 2016 surfaced and were shut down, only for the sudden release of their first single in five years, "Christmas Will Break Your Heart", to occur on Christmas Eve 2015. The band's reunion was confirmed shortly into the new year alongside the news that they would be a headliner for Coachella 2016. They eventually went on tour, ultimately releasing their fourth album, ''American Dream'', in 2017. [[http://lcdsoundsystem.com/main/archives/793 Murphy went into more detail in this blog entry.]] In 2022 they released their first song in five years, "New Body Rhumba", recorded for the film ''Film/{{White Noise|2022}}''.

** An often-explored topic, most prominently with tracks like "Losing My Edge" and "All My Friends". A big factor that led to the creation of the band was Murphy's discontent of having "missed" the window to be famous when he was younger (LCD Soundsystem began in his mid-30's, which by most indie rock standards makes him akin to a CoolOldGuy), and as a result, many of his lyrics are often wistful and nostalgic in tone. [[{{Irony}} Ironically]], this uniquely mature perspective is part of why the group is so widely celebrated.

* LongTitle: "Never As Tired As When I'm Waking Up," "New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down."

At the tail end of 2015, murmurs of LCD Soundsystem reuniting in 2016 surfaced and were shut down, only for the sudden release of their first single in five years, "Christmas Will Break Your Heart", to occur on Christmas Eve 2015. The band's reunion was confirmed shortly into the new year alongside the news that they would be a headliner for Coachella 2016. They eventually went on tour, ultimately releasing their fourth album, ''American Dream'', in 2017. [[http://lcdsoundsystem.com/main/archives/793 Murphy went into more detail in this blog entry.]]

* AluminumChristmasTrees:
** Fact Magazine ("Pow Pow") exists and is not just an ironic figure to state obvious facts.
** Despite all the outlandish claims in "Losing My Edge", one is actually ''true'': James Murphy really was one of the first New York [=DJs=] to play Music/DaftPunk in his sets at rock clubs like [=CBGBs=] in the late 1990s.

* AgingWouldBeHipster: their first big song, which is in the voice of an aging hipster desperately trying to keep up with the new scenes, is practically the theme song for this trope.