So many blogs and websites try to turn James Murphy into this 'living legend', hanging on his every word because he has managed to 'stay cool' into his middle ages and music critics project their desire for 'eternal coolness' on to him. He recently 'retired' his band LCD Soundsystem instead of just saying 'we're not making an album for X years', just to build the brand of his band so that they can charge more for albums/tickets when they 'unretire' and go on a reunion tour. In many interviews, James Murphy is all like, "I just wanna do other stuff. Being in a successful band is a lot of bullshit paperwork and errands" or something like that.

Now it seems like we finally know what he wanted to do.

James Murphy recorded some song for Converse where they pay him in free shoes or something. This song called "Doyathing" is basically unlistenable. It is a 'collab' with Gorillaz, who are basically the 'fun happy band' for Radiohead fans who don't feel like 'being deep' that night while they are using sad, recreational drugs in their sad apartment in suburbia. They also threw Andre 3000 on the track because 'they needed a black guy', and rappers love picking up $$$$ by doing cameos where they just have to 'sound black' on it.

'I'd expect this kind of sponsored behavior out of a fringe lofi chillwave buzzband, but not James Murphy.'
-a true indie conservationist

Anyways, another terrible song by Converse that every1 has 2 blog abt because it is a pupu platter of moderately relevant/buzzworthy people who wanted some shoe $$$$.

Do u h8 Converse?
Does this make u not want 2 buy their shoes?
Is this song 'effing terrible'?
Is James Murphy 'wasting his talent'?
Are Gorillaz 'overrated', created by the same UK media that embraces Lana Del Rey?
Will we evr know why Jimmy Murphy REALLY retired?
Do u think they were paid in shoes or real $$$?
Is Mountain Dew's Green Label Sound 'pissed' that James Murphy was more willing 2 collab with a crappy shoe brand than with a green soda?

LCD Soundsystem

Buzzband

LCD Soundsystem is a post-disco electro band.

Lists: received above a 9 from Pitchfork, alternative tenure, critical darlings, Brooklyn-based buzzbands

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