From Dublin to DFA

• 17th Jun 2009

After the release of “Chasm” and “Wrong Galaxy,” Dubliner Marcus Lambkin, aka Shit Robot, had listeners’ ears burning for more. “Simple Things” is his much-anticipated new single to be released by his good friends at DFA Records.

Born in Ireland, Lambkin was instantly drawn to music, where he augmented his punk rock education of The Buzzcocks and the Dead Kennedys with nights spent wholly entranced with Acid House in the late eighties. Relocating to New York City in ‘92, Lambkin was well on his way to becoming one of the top DJs in New York City when he chanced into meeting future disco punks don James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem. Even after Lambkin returned to the continent, his friendship with Murphy continued to develop, evolving into Shit Robot along the way.

In the DFA lineage of “Losing My Edge” and “Casual Friday”, “Simple Things” upholds the tradition of DFA ‘talkies', coupling body-pulverising bangers with brain-tickling diatribes. Featuring guest vocals by Ian Svenonius of Nation of Ulysses & including Todd Terje/Serge Santiago remixes (personally chosen by Marcus himself), Shit Robot's highly anticipated 3rd release on DFA hits the shelves on the 14th of July 2009.