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LCD Soundsystem Subreddit Bans Shitposting About The Dare

GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND – JUNE 28: James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem during day three of Glastonbury Festival 2024 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2024 in Glastonbury, England. Founded by Michael Eavis in 1970, Glastonbury Festival features around 3,000 performances across over 80 stages. Renowned for its vibrant atmosphere and iconic Pyramid Stage, the festival offers a diverse lineup of music and arts, embodying a spirit of community, creativity, and environmental consciousness. (Photo by Joe Maher/Getty Images)

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If you're of a certain age, your initial response to hearing the music of the Dare might've been something along the lines of, "This sounds like LCD Soundsystem." Despite being born a couple of decades apart, the similarities are obvious: Both Harrison Patrick Smith and his forebear James Murphy make tongue-in-cheek dance punk. Both of them have been known to wear little suit jackets on stage. I've witnessed both of them wandering around lower Manhattan (separately). But now that the Dare has properly blown up thanks to a co-sign from Charli XCX, the comparisons are getting stale.

A moderator of the LCD Soundsystem subreddit made an announcement last week officially banning "singular posts" about the Dare. "We fear if we don't step in, the subreddit will devolve into shitposting about the Dare (especially during off-peak season for the gang)," the mod wrote, linking to a handful of posts in the subreddit that have already either pointed out the similarities between the two, or just full-on dunked on the Dare. Some of it's harsh!

Luckily for those who want to Darepost, there's a whole other subreddit for that. Go crazy in there.

MOD ANNOUNCEMENT All singular posts about The Dare will be locked and removed
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