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Former LCD Soundsystem frontman, DFA founder, superproducer and Jack of all trades James Murphy has turned his hand to making his own blend of coffee - which is now available to buy online.
Not only has this week seen Murphy demonstrate and launch a petition for his plans to turn the turnstiles of the NYC subway into a symphony, but he has launched his long-awaited signature coffee, House Of Good.
A bag of Murphy's "syrupy, well-balanced and thoroughly accessible" espressois is available online for $26 from Blue Bottle Coffee Co here ooks a little something like this:
Discussing Murphy's new blend, A Blue Bottle spokesman said: "How, exactly, did our House of Good espresso come about? Well, it turns out that specialty coffee is a more common diversion to burnt-out, recently retired musicians than one might presume.
"The project began when James Murphy, the former frontman of LCD Soundsystem and a certified espresso obsessive, read an article about the quest to perfect our elegant (and occasionally purchased!) Blue Bottle Pajamas. Murphy, who installs a zipper on every pair of boots he buys in order to save time putting them on, was intrigued. He reached out to James Freeman, our founder (and himself a disaffected professional clarinetist/coffee zealot), and the two began cupping coffees.
"One tasting led to another, then to another, then to some philosophizing, then to the development of the blend you now see before you. “House of Good,” named after a café and retail space James Murphy will soon open in Brooklyn, is a supremely balanced espresso. Its flavor profile – dried cherry, cocoa, meyer lemon – is a harmony between the voluptuous and the austere: It’s akin to the second movement of Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 3 – or, perhaps, to that buzzing, syncopated synth line from 'Dance Yrself Clean'. Depends on which James you ask."
Maybe Murphy will bring some with him when he returns to the UK with Despacio for special shows at London's The Roundhouse in Camden on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 March, 2014. Tickets are on sale now. For more information visit Gigwise gig tickets.
Below: Photos of LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip storming London's Alexandra Palace
