Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

I say this release is very intelligent...since I agree with Conmaniac's take at the top of the page.

Eternal Summer is very daft punkish. I'm digging...lets see how it goes for the second half.



Edit - damn PB, I agree with Conmaniac's take at the top of previous page...

Album Rating: 3.0

"The vocalist sounds completely uninterested in what he's doing (that might be their 'thing' but if so than I just don't like it)"



that's definitely part of his swagger



digging this so far but then again i've dug all their albums on some level

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

There's definitely good tunes here.

and I agree "that's definitely part of his swagger", like "I'm here but I don't need this"



although I must say there's some cool vocal achievements here lol

Album Rating: 3.0

some cool tunes exactly. the problem here though, and with most these guys have done, is that when the tunes are not there it's just not very interesting to listen to. and these guys have never (yes, is this it also suffers from this) been capable of making a whole album full of tunes

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

I dug the vibe on this...I ll check it a few more times, also should revisit the debut properly.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

second spin Art, and def the opener, Selfless, Bad Decisions, Eternal Summer, At the Door, Not the Same, Ode to the Mets are all tracks that stick. It's cool that some songs reminds us of some others famous ones.



Plus I should enhance that the album takes somewhat of a surprising and welcome turn, from Eternal Summer onwards, providing variety and songwriting abilities.

Album Rating: 3.5

Eternal Summer is def the worst song on here, but Ode to the mets is fantastic.



This will probably end up at a 4 at some point for me. Really digging most of it.

Album Rating: 3.5

"and these guys have never (yes, is this it also suffers from this) been capable of making a whole album full of tunes"



room on fire says you are wrong

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

just because Eternal Summer doesn't seem like a The Strokes song doesn't make it bad..

Album Rating: 3.5

no, it sucking ass is what makes it bad



adversely, the song that sounds the most like the strokes to my ear (bad decisions) is also one of the worst and most boring ones here so your hypothesis falls flat

Album Rating: 4.5

Since this came out I'm not listening much to anything else.. and that doesn't happen often, so... but then again, I really like the nonchalance of Casablancas and the catchyness of this band in general so i might be biased.

Album Rating: 2.5

I can't imagine this being in the top 3 most exciting new albums anyone would hear in a month but ok

Album Rating: 4.5

'(bad decisions) is also one of the worst and most boring ones here so your hypothesis falls flat'



Bad decisions it's kinda boring, and i cant see pass through the dancing with myself vibes. It keeps messing with me.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

it is on purpose tho... Billy Idol is credited as co-writer...

and its another good un

Album Rating: 4.5

Bad Decisions is a jam

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Literally any music opinion is relative

Album Rating: 4.0

honestly one of the main draws of this album for me is that Julian sounds like he DOES give a shit. Like dude has some legit star turns on here

Album Rating: 3.0

this album is decent enough but ultimately it just made me want to go back to their earlier stuff that I prefer to this (the first two and Angles)

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

There's 3 great songs on here that still could've used a touch of trimming imo. But I guess I prefer the "punchy" strokes

Album Rating: 3.0

A Strokes song should never exceed 5 minutes (more like 4). There are five of them here.