LCD Soundsystem have shared a surprise new song ‘X-Ray Eyes’. Check it out below.
Debuted as a “worldwide exclusive” on NTS Radio today (Tuesday October 22), the song marks the first new material from James Murphy and co – aside from the standalone ‘New Body Rhumba‘ from Noah Baumbach’s 2022 film White Noise – since 2017 comeback album ‘American Dream’, which itself arrived after a seven-year hiatus following 2010’s ‘This Is Happening’.
“I have a very, very, very special exclusive for you,” said host Anu, introducing the song which she promised would drop “very soon”. “LCD Soundsystem are back with a brand new track, and I’m going to premiere it right now.”
The track is carried by a pulsing rhythm and more straight-forward earworm approach, with a similar energy to earlier works like ‘Yeah’, ‘Losing My Edge’ and ‘Time To Get Away’. The trance-inducing flow of Murphy singing of how he’s “got eyes that can see through your disguise” gives way to his stream of consciousness calling out “every busboy, cigarette girl, dental hygienist, backpacking teen, newspaper seller, and the nightclub MC, you’re everything – you’re all I can see. The bones in your body, the blood in your veins, your hasty decisions and behavioural chains…”
Listen to the song here or below from around 19 minutes and 40 seconds.
Fans are now expecting news of LCD Soundsystem’s long-awaited fifth album.
The New York dance pioneers have been busy touring for the last few years, particularly with residency shows in the UK, US and Europe. This summer saw them headline London’s All Points East festival, as well as delivering a stellar sunset slot on The Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2024 – which was watched by Noel Gallagher and Dave Grohl.
“The packed-out Pyramid field hold each other tight and reach for the sky as LCD’s 10 song masterclass naturally ends with ‘All My Friends’,” concluded NME in a five-star review. “This song and this moment are the manifestation of Glastonbury at its best, the memories in the making and the good times and still to come: “And if the sun comes up and I still don’t wanna stagger home, then it’s the memory of our betters that are keeping us on our feet.” That’s how it starts.”
The band’s next residency will see them perform a run of ‘Winter Function’ shows in New York in December. LCD recently made headlines when an admin banned “shitposting” against The Dare on their official Sub-Reddit.
