# I’ve turned 30 and become obsessed with LCD Soundsystem. Am I just another cliché?

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ive-turned-30-and-become-obsessed-with-lcd-soundsystem-am-i-just-another-cliche/
- Published: 2026-10-27T21:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T06:41:13+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/30-obsessed-with-lcd-soundsystem-cliche/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Turning 30 has brought an unexpected love of LCD Soundsystem.
- “All My Friends” was the writer’s way into the band.
- The essay questions whether musical individuality follows predictable milestones.

## Summary

The writer reflects on turning 30 and becoming absorbed in LCD Soundsystem, asking whether their supposedly individual music taste is simply another predictable stage of millennial adulthood. They argue that music had felt like a source of meaning and escape, but their new enthusiasm for a band they were long told they would eventually love has made the milestones of growing older feel harder to ignore.

Their route through music has taken in Bristol’s rave scene, late-2010s post-punk and a broad mid-20s gig-going phase. The shift began with advice to listen to “All My Friends” with friends; the song initially seemed merely enjoyable, but James Murphy’s voice and its themes of ageing kept the writer listening. The article presents this change with self-deprecating humour, linking it to familiar signs of turning 30, from sore knees to conversations about interest rates.

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