Sexy Dad Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Any fans of the band that bought us potentially the best album of the past decade 'Is this it'? The long awaited 'Under the cover of darkness' has the hit the airwaves and has been described by Albert Hammond jr as 'a return to our classic sound'. It could be a grower for myself but does undoubtedly sound a lot closer to the sound of The Strokes compared to anything off 'First impressions of earth'. I was expecting the band to begin to incorporate a more epic sound into the new material a la Arcade fire as that seems to have been the growing trend on the indie scene since their abscence. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WU LYF 4 LYF Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Love this band, but think the single is merely OK. And yeah, it's definitely closer to the last album than their first, I long for the distorted production and guitar sound off Is This It. As a band they work a lot better when it doesn't sound as clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalaxyV.2 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Not sure whats up with Julian's voice in this, but its still a pretty good tune. Hopefully the album is a killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Seven Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 This is disappointing. Flaming June is wrong, this sounds much closer to Is This It than First Impressions Of Earth which is a great shame as the latter album is easily their best work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted February 10, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted February 10, 2011 This is disappointing. Flaming June is wrong, this sounds much closer to Is This It than First Impressions Of Earth which is a great shame as the latter album is easily their best work. Â See I'm quite the fan of 'Room on Fire' Â Reptilia is without question their best song, this new however comes nowhere near it and doesn't fill me with confidence the album will be any good either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators neil Posted February 10, 2011 Moderators Share Posted February 10, 2011 It's quite a dull song isn't it? Doesn't inspire much as a lead single. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Seven Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 It sounds like a band trying to be The Strokes rather than The Strokes themselves. It's also worrying that they're going back to the sound of the first album. First Impressions... is one of the most underrated and misunderstood albums of the past decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WU LYF 4 LYF Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 This is disappointing. Flaming June is wrong, this sounds much closer to Is This It than First Impressions Of Earth which is a great shame as the latter album is easily their best work. Â Utter bullshit, the guitar sound is almost identical to the latter two albums and nothing like the first. Is This It has nowhere near as clean and polished a guitar sound as this. Also, Julian's voice is really distorted on the first album and clearer on the second two, like it is on this single. Â First Impressions... is one of the most underrated and misunderstood albums of the past decade. Â In what was is it 'misunderstood'? How is it you understand this record more than everyone else? I like the album, I think it's a decent rock album that goes a little too long, with a great four opening tracks. But it isn't a patch on Is This It, which is a much shorter, more cohesive, more consistent suite of great, fresh sounding tracks. Cut First Impressions down to ten songs and you have maybe an 8 or 9 out of 10, at the minute it's more like a 6 or 7. Â I'll maybe take that it's overrated, but I don't see what more there is to understand about it. The sound evolves slightly but it isn't a huge departure from their other stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Seven Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 And yet the melodies are like a Someday/Last Nite splice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted February 10, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted February 10, 2011 'Flaming June is wrong' is the new 'Fleischmark is right'. Â Song's pretty dull. Never been a huge fan of The Strokes anyway. Was Casablancas's album any good? I only 11th Dimension and that was okay but I heard some bad reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chilly McFreeze Posted February 10, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted February 10, 2011 This is disappointing. Flaming June is wrong, this sounds much closer to Is This It than First Impressions Of Earth which is a great shame as the latter album is easily their best work. Â Seriously? I fucking love Is This It in all it's gritty minimal glory. Never had much time for anything they've done since apart from the odd single ( Reptilia being the obvious standout track.) I'd say Is This It is one of the finest albums of our generation. Maybe I'll have to listen to First Impressions again. Â I'll never forget seeing The Strokes at Reading 2002. Possibly the best live performance I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexy Dad Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 I'm not sure whether I couldn't enjoy Julian's solo effort because he admitted he was doing it to kill time or whether it just being generic synthpop. From a few listens, I didn't take anything from it as it was sort of like 'Insert artist here' featuring Julian C as none of the credentials which bought me to The Strokes were there, ofcourse Julian has a great voice but thats not why you listen the band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Its kinda blah IMO. I loved the first two albums but wasnt a fan of First Impressions.... hopefully the album will be better than this single suggests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAREBEAR LUVVA Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 It's pretty standard stuff really. You can switch it off when you've heard a verse and a chorus, safe in the knowledge that you won't be missing anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted February 11, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted February 11, 2011 This is disappointing. Flaming June is wrong, this sounds much closer to Is This It than First Impressions Of Earth which is a great shame as the latter album is easily their best work. Â Seriously? I fucking love Is This It in all it's gritty minimal glory. Never had much time for anything they've done since apart from the odd single ( Reptilia being the obvious standout track.) I'd say Is This It is one of the finest albums of our generation. Maybe I'll have to listen to First Impressions again. It's all subjective, some may prefer First Impressions- but most prefer Is This It, which is supported by the best album of the 2000s poll we had on here. I loved Is This It, didn't like Room On Fire (although Reptilia is my favourite Strokes track) and First Impressions was ok- especially Juicebox and Heart in a Cage. Â But I agree, The Strokes definitely sound better and cooler when their sound is 'grittier'- like the first album. Same with their look. They looked unwashed, unkept- yet fucking cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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