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LCD Soundsystem Scoff At Rhino Reissues: “[We] Aren’t Announcing Shit”

LOS ANGELES, CA – AUGUST 28: Singer James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem performs onstage during FYF Fest 2016 at Los Angeles Sports Arena on August 28, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for FYF)

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Earlier today, Rhino announced that they will reissue LCD Soundsystem's self-titled album as well as 45:33, This Is Happening, and London Sessions. As it turns out, all of those titles have been available for years on the DFA web store. LCD Soundsystem released a statement today asking that fans continue to buy their records from DFA and NOT Rhino. Here's what the band had to say: "LCD Soundsystem certainly aren’t announcing shit, as they had no idea that these were even coming out.Just buy the records from DFA, like you have been able to for years."

A press release issued by LCD Soundsystem's PR points out that Rhino described the band as "one of the freshest sounds on the London underground scene in the early 2000s." Hmm...

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