LCD Soundsystem have unveiled a new song, “X-Ray Eyes,” but you won’t find it on Spotify or any other streaming service. Instead, the track premiered today (Oct. 22) on the NTS Radio show Soup to Nuts w/ Anu and for now is only available to hear by advancing the episode to the 19:58 mark.
“X-Ray Eyes” is dominated by vintage synth bloops and is slightly reminiscent of a slower “North American Scum” from LCD’s 2007 album Sound of Silver. Throughout, frontman James Murphy drolly intones ominous lyrics such as “I can see right through your disguise / I know you’ve got nothing to hide.”
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This is the first new song from Murphy and company since 2022’s “New Body Rhumba,” which itself snapped a five-year quiet streak following the 2017 album american dream. “New Body Rhumba” was written for, and appeared in, Noah Baumbach’s Netflix adaptation of Don DeLillo’s classic 1985 novel White Noise.
LCD have been working on a new album for months at Murphy’s Brooklyn, N.Y.-based studio, but no information has yet emerged on what it may be released. For now, the group are gearing up for an eight-show Los Angeles residency starting on Halloween night (Oct. 31) at Shrine Expo Hall. Their annual 12-show holiday run in New York will be held at Knockdown Center on Nov. 21-24, Dec. 5-8 and Dec. 12-15.
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