LCD Soundsystem share non-LP instrumental "pulse (v.1)" -- download for free
LCD Soundsystem‘s anticipated album, American Dream, is out tomorrow and while you wait for that (spoiler alert: it’s good), they’ve shared a new song that isn’t on the album. It’s a 14 minute jammy instrumental titled “pulse (v.1)” that’s all disco high hat and near-constant fills, fat squelchy bass and some Tangerine Dream-y keyboard lines.
UPDATE: James Murphy explains that it was originally intended as the final track on the LP, after “Black Screen.” We’ll let him take it from here:
hi everybody. the record comes out tomorrow (well, tonight at midnight wherever you are) and last night at midnight we shared an extra track for the LP called pulse (v.1). it’s not precisely part of the record, but it’s an addendum (or maybe a codicil?) meant to go after the last track, black screen.
there are a few reasons for this: one, pulse wouldn’t fit on the vinyl, so i didn’t include it there (i think we’ll put together a 12″ with the other versions of pulse when there’s a moment, but that won’t be quick… tour and all.) and two, i really, really like this track.
this track began as a weird and fun synth collaboration between the amazing gavin russom and i on some very weird machines, and wound up developing into something else entirely, with pat and al and nancy, and korey playing congas. there was even more development which isn’t included in this version, but that’s for future iterations. tyler was in berlin, unfortunately. but there will be other versions.
it’s a mix that we did a long time ago after the first session of the track, and it’s grown on me as a track to listen to after the LP. it’s super wonky, and i really didn’t want to square the human-ness off of it, but just let it be what it is. so you don’t have to tell me that it sounds super fucked up. i know.
anyway, we figured the best thing to do was just give it away for free. sure, you can still get it on various platforms, and it’ll be on the streaming service things, but you can also just go to the lcd homepage and get it for free.
and there you have it.
-james
You can download it for free and add it to the album when it comes out tonight, or just stream that below.
LCD are on tour this fall, including 10 more shows at Brooklyn Steel.
