06/LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - This is Happening
He, them, together: This is Happening. Case studies and observations: This is Happening. There’s lights and sounds and stories, the music’s just a part. Still, the expansive soundscapes are essential: This is Happening. Atop Synthesizers, guitars, handclaps; Cowbells, keyboards, drums. Climbing the walls, littered in notes: This is Happening. With James and Co. we ride the frequencies, both emotional and sonic. We take deep breathes. We march in step: This is Happening. From this position, we seek clarity. From this position we chase and find the escape. Catharsis. Reflection: This is Happening. We hear idols and influences from before. We marvel at new directions taken. We consult with our souls, confront things with humor: This is Happening. On this occasion, there are a couple things we know that we learned from fact magazine: (1) love and rock are pick up things and This is Happening. This is immaculately textured, written, and arranged. Cohesive, perfectly sequenced. From this position, with these sounds, chords, and arrangements, a few things are pretty clear: Look around you, let it surround you, it won’t get any better: This is Happening. You might forget the sound of a voice, still you shouldn’t forget, and won’t forget everything we’ve experienced here. Reflect in it, take part in it, go on and dance yrself clean. This is for us, and you, and yous, and yours. This is ongoing, our life, our scene. These moments, this laughter, these melodies: This is Happening.
KEY TRACKS: Dance Yrself Clean/One Touch/I Can Change
