Hurts

Hot Chip – “Slush”;
Martin Amis – London Fields;
Blur – “No Distance Left To Run”.

LCD Soundsystem — This Is Happening – (Re)appraisal

Two months on from when my much-promised review of This Is Happening never materialised, I now feel ideally poised to reflect on the album’s longer-lasting appeal. Now that the dust has settled on Mr. Murphy’s downcast visage, and my initial, giddy, excitement has died down, what remains is a perpetual slow-burning joy at this lovingly crafted, beautifully expressed object.