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Originally Posted by Gavin B.
The Comedown Machine is an ill conceived and mostly lame effort by the Strokes to remain relevant in the brave new world of post-rock electronica.
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If it was an attempt to remain relevant I think the band would have played live shows, or at least promoted the album through interviews and TV appearances. They haven't done either for
Comedown Machine. Musically, The Strokes have been headed in the '80s/synthesizer direction since
Angles (or even Julian's solo album if you want to count that).
As far as the album itself, I like it quite a bit. That being said, it doesn't have a single killer Strokes track like Last Nite or Under Cover of Darkness; each song is only good or very good in my opinion. It is a very consistent record, but Julian sounds disinterested on several of the tracks, which lessens the quality for me.