The Strokes return to the studio

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:13 pm

Sex, Drugs, and Dave Wrote:

that 2nd song is a bore...

even they look bored playing it

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

It was like none of those guys were aware they were onstage with other people.

Except the bassist, who STILL always looks like he knows he's about to get fired...

two guns holla · **Posted:** Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:02 pm

If you missed it, the PF article is a good, albeit somewhat lengthy read: http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/ ... e-strokes/

This quote from Casablancas kinda worries me but you never know:

Quote:

Casablancas also expresses some reservations about Angles, even if he's not as quick as Valensi to find the silver lining. Asked if he likes the finished album, he takes a long pause. "I mean... yes... It's a tough question because I think the whole point was that I was going to let things go so there's a bunch of stuff [on the record] I wouldn't have done."

Dalen · **Posted:** Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:07 pm

uh ohhhhhz

FT · **Posted:** Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:39 pm

Cotton Wrote:

It was like none of those guys were aware they were onstage with other people.

Except the bassist, who STILL always looks like he wants to kill the roger moore version of james bond

fixed

DumpJack · **Posted:** Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:28 pm

Dalen Wrote:

uh ohhhhhz

Yeah, that doesn't really sound like a ringing endorsement. Of course I hated his solo album so maybe that means the rest of the band told him to shut the fuck up and stop playing Scritti Polliti.

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:05 pm

2 more tracks here. not so great guys.

http://www.multiupload.com/8R06F5MVD4

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:26 pm

I did kinda like that first one from SNL, surprisingly. The second wasn't really bad, just kinda slow. Slow songs are OK, too!

Admittedly, I wasn't really watching the performance for either song since they seemed kinda boring to watch in general.

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:38 pm

slow songs are ok, not when they're played like that...

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:18 pm

I was drunk during SNL but really liked both.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:41 am

this is going to be one of those grower albums like Zooropa

DumpJack · **Posted:** Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:51 pm

Kingfish Wrote:

Vic Da Baron LooGAR Wrote:

nobody Wrote:

I actually kinda like the new Strokes. But, that may be due at least in part to my having very low expectations for it and also never really seeing them as some king hell rock god kinda group anyway. So, I don't feel betrayed that they're all synthy and shit now.

Yeah, they're all over the place here, but I think I will come to like this. I haven't turned it off...

There's a part in the middle album where it sounds like they're trying to re-soundtrack The Breakfast Club.

I think it's kind of obvious when you read that Julian wasn't in the room for most of the sessions, and mailed in his vocals (pretty much literally).

Contrast that with the first album where to catch their overall live sound, they recorded it all in one room...

The album cover pretty much looks like a still from The Poochie Video game, which makes me think this might have been put out to fulfill a contract.

A lot of it didn't really grab me on first listen but I want to listen to it more. Under Cover of Darkness, Taken for a Fool, and Gratisfication are all worthy of the Strokes canon though.

I was on the road this afternoon and played it for the first time, ended up hitting return as soon as it finished. May be a bit of bold prediction, but this will almost certainly become my favourite Strokes album.

south pacific · **Posted:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:54 am

this new album fucking sucks, what a disappointment

there's absolutely no energy or spark to it. at all. definitely sounds phoned in and lackluster, like the whole band didn't even want to do it

I keep coming back to it thinking I might have overlooked something, surely I heard wrong...

nope, nope, it's a turd through and through

even the solo album by Hammond Jr. is miles better than this pile of shit

so angry right now

Dalen · **Posted:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:31 am

anyone have a working link? need to snag this here at work.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:15 am

Dalen Wrote:

anyone have a working link? need to snag this here at work.

The one in the 2011 thread should be good. I put it up myself.

Dalen · **Posted:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:26 am

Nice one DJ, appreciate it.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 11:17 am

south pacific Wrote:

so angry right now

Jesus, what a loser. It's just a record, dude.

Dalen · **Posted:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:30 pm

Taken For A Fool is fucking AWESOME, and is going to slay in a live setting.

Dig the album quite a bit now after a few plays.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:34 pm

I just finished my first and am about to start my second listen...Honestly, I've got no problem with any of this.

Funny that in this and that Destroyer album I hear elements of New Order.

2011--the year New Order broke.

e-stone · **Posted:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 1:22 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

south pacific Wrote:

so angry right now

Jesus, what a loser. It's just a record, dude.

you just don't get it maaaaaaaaaaan.

this album is just fine. i think "Two Kinds of Happiness" is the initial stand out for me. but it's all good.

Kingfish · **Posted:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:28 pm

Dalen Wrote:

Taken For A Fool is fucking AWESOME, and is going to slay in a live setting..

Agreed.

catswilleatyou · **Posted:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:08 pm

That first track is atrocious.

Kingfish · **Posted:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:10 pm

catswilleatyou Wrote:

That first track is atrocious.

I don't like it either. I think it more than other tracks displays Julian's disconnect from the band.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:39 pm

I played it again today and can't believe I like it as much as I do. One variable that definitely plays into their favour for me is the 34 min runtime. Goddamn perfect.

Kingfish · **Posted:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:03 pm

DumpJack Wrote:

I played it again today and can't believe I like it as much as I do. One variable that definitely plays into their favour for me is the 34 min runtime. Goddamn perfect.

Yeah, I am surprised you like it so much too given your apprehension before it was released.

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