Permanent back burner for LCD Soundsystem

• 18th Nov 2008

LCD Soundsystem guitarist has revealed the band is on permanent hold. Band member Al Doyle, also of Hot Chip, has mentioned future 'disco' plans for the group.

Recent reports of James Murpheys side project suggested that the band were on a break, but the situation now appears a little more fixed.

Doyle and Murphey are keen to take a role less in the public eye, working with some 1970s disco singers.

Speaking to BBC 6 Music about Murphy's plans, Doyle said: “I don't think James is going to do anything more under that name. I think he'd like to do something with the same personnel possibly next year.”

Doyle went on to explain one possibility: “We were thinking of doing something where we find a lot of the old disco singers in New York that might still be around from the 70s, and get them in as guest vocalists with LCD as a backing band, and tour around as a disco heroes style show. There's an improvisatory aspect to what Hot Chip do, which I don't think is part of LCD.”

“It's just an idea that we had, God knows if we'll make it happen.”