Sound Of Silver

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I'm not sure if you rapidly skim the same articles as I do, but apparently 72% of the internet is now made up of free mp3s, while another 14% is accompanying blurbs. On "North American Scum", he tackles continental divide with straight deadpan: "Well I don't know, I don't know where to begin/ we are North American/ And for those of you who still think we're from England / we're like.

As with most great songs, its best lines buzz around the edges of the story: "The worst is all the lovely weather/ I'm stunned it's not raining/ The coffee isn't even bitter/ Because, what's the difference. The Guardian 's Dorian Lynskey singled out the "devastating emotional punch" of "Someone Great" and " All My Friends" for praise and described the album as "dance-rock for grown-ups: extraordinary. In December 2007, Sound of Silver was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album, eventually losing to We Are the Night by The Chemical Brothers.Los Angeles Times critic Ann Powers wrote that Murphy "succeeds by stretching in two directions -- finding a new musical center, and showing his humanity beyond the laughs.

The quality is absolutely relentless and there really is not one single track that you'll want to bypass, it is just so consistent.Truly a great record with no question of which track(s) to download, take them all and you will love this for years to come. Pitchfork may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. So, the expected disco-pogo guitars-meet-synths club anthems of "North American Scum", "Us V Them" and "Watch The Tapes" mingle with emotive home-listening songs like "Someone Great", "All My Friends" and "New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down". Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights.

A sleek, delicate, and effortlessly melodic sliver of electro, "Someone Great" is my favorite song of the year so far, and constitutes new ground for Murphy both in terms of prettiness and poignancy. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.This is much maturer than the arch tone lcd soundsystem showed on their debut - genuine emotion shines through on tracks like someone great and all my friends. Sound of Silver" is a seven-minute suite that morphs from a rumbling, ice-cold, no-wave groove into a liquefied jumble of kalimbas, pianos, and fizzy synths. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

has me dancing from the start to holding my lighter up as i sing New York I Love you but your bringing me down. A dance-rock record from a former punk agnostic, this hybrid of 1970s art-rock and more traditional dance elements.On March 12, 2007, to coincide with its official UK release, an underground remix version of the album was released online in aid of charity. Tim Jonze of NME wrote that while "Murphy's wise enough never to let his showing off spoil the fun, he can't avoid investing these songs with heart and soul . Just the tape shell looks similar to others (no legals, no title album, etc) but it’s not a crime, it’s ok. Mark Pytlik of Pitchfork complimented Murphy's production sense and the album's "deep, spacious, and full-blooded" sound, concluding that "it's an absolute joy to listen to, for every possible reason, not the least of which is because, these days, those epiphanies feel like they're coming fewer and farther between.