Sound of Silver: Vinyl 2LP Love The Boomtown Rats

The Boomtown Rats

‘Texas 25’ contains four brand new songs and highlights from the band’s greatest hits completely re-recorded and re-worked for 2015 with acclaimed NYC soul outfit Truth & Soul (Amy Winehouse

the collective were forced inside and encouraged to conduct sonic experiments

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It’s also the first to reflect the musical influences on the scene and how that scene pointed forwards

Sound of Silver: Vinyl 2LP Love The Boomtown RatsCompared to the first LCD Soundsystem album, Sound of Silver is less silly, funnier, less messy, sleeker, less rowdy, more fun, less distanced, more touching. It is just as linked to James Murphy's record collection, with traces of post punk, disco, Krautrock, and singer songwriter schlubs, but the references are evidently harder to pin down; the number of names dropped in the reviews published before its release must triple the amount mentioned