"though you're great, and you're brave, you still lack that which makes you a star"

I hope I'm not gushing, I mean, I really hope that I'm not.

Since the first time I heard the opening chords to "Detroit Rock City" filter across the sound effect of the car radio on the opening track on Kiss' "Destroyer" album, music has always had the ability to transform me from a regular guy, with an ordinary life and the usual array of problems, to whomever I wanted to be. I guess good music has always made me euphoric.

As each new year begins, the anticipation of what new sound, what new band, what new album will be released which will again refresh my stores of unmitigated joy begins. And over the last few years, the supply has slowly started to dry up, with only few breaks of sunshine interrupting an otherwise cloudy musical year.

And that's why I hope I'm not gushing.

A month or two back, I got my mitts on the "Sound of Silver" album from LCD Soundsystem, and like their previous releases, I immersed myself in the sonic scape created by James Murphy et al. This new release was a slow grower, but I'm now smiling all the way.

Shit this is good.

I downloaded a bootleg of LCD Soundsystem's performance at this year's Coachella Festival a few weeks back, and although the sound quality was a tad on the crappy side, the spirit of their set shone through. Even though I'm in a self-imposed retirement from attending live shows at present, I will definitely leave the house to see this band play if they come to Melbourne. And I might even go to all of the shows they play here. They're that good.

And this track is amongst the best on the new album.

But I don't want to gush.