The (James) Murphy Chronicles

For those who find themselves within the 2.0 generation, LCD Soundystem's farewell concert at Madison Square Garden, April 2, 2011, was as significant as The Band's last gig, documented in the 1978 Martin Scorsese film "The Last Waltz." It was the end of a glorious era for Indie, an era in which photographer Ruvan Wijesooriya played the part of friend and trustable 'fly on the wall'.

From 2004 to the day LCD quit, Wijesooriya navigated through both private and public moments with the influential, Grammy-nominated, NYC band, an access so rare in the commercialized and controlled music industry of today. He was there, from London's Hyde Park to Coachella, Rick Rubin's LA Studio, Miami Art Basel and more.

His photographs, most of them previously unseen, are part of an iconic book published by powerHouse entitled simply LCD. The 216-page glossy book, scheduled for December 2012, features various album art and original interviews with members of the band, plus it also showcases an exciting design by James Timmins, art director of Dossier magazine. This makes the ultimate gift for the diehard LCD fan, but don't take our word for it, just ask bandleader James Murphy:

All of Ruvan’s pictures remind me of that feeling: that you’re geographically fucked, and its all happening right now, somewhere else, without you. There’s an enormous amount of intimacy in them, and promise, and intrusion…