Wow, this thread has been active for over 6 years and I started it! That's feels cool in a lame way. And to the person two posts back, I agree that Room On Fire was better than Is This It? Both good albums though IMHO.

Everything before First Impressions of Earth was brilliant, and after that bitter disappointment I can't even make myself listen to the latest release.

Angles was quite amazing actually

yup, and still is

very underatted 'angles'

Angles is hardly amazing. Just another one trick pony of an indie band trying to re-capture the 80's new wave.

Except for the fact that this album is actually amazing.

in the context of modern mainstream music, it may seem amazing. In the context of music as a whole, it is mediocre new wave worship, done better by many bands in history.

It is not amazing, it is boring and average at best.

So you're judging it on the basis of what other bands could do instead of judging it on the basis of what The Strokes can do?

well The Strokes have always been good on copping their sound from much superior products. Never a band known for originality. Their first album was good in a throwback to the garage type of way, they were a good part of the third wave garage rock trend, and made a fun album that made up for it's shortcomings of never being original.

I am not that interested in what The Strokes can do, but their first album was an indication that they can take something tried and true, and at least make it fun to listen to.

But after that they just went down more and more... getting more boring as they go. Angles is just a rock bottom product of mediocrity.

I am sure even by their standards they are able to do much better, just a shame they never will.

People need to stop sucking the dick of a band whose shelf life was limited, and are past their expiration date.

Amazing would be unique, different, a spin on something... originality. But as I say, that was never The Strokes call to fame.

With that logic, you're going to have a hard time to enjoy a lot of music out there. Considering there are a lot of bands upon even more bands that use the same techniques and riffs and influences of other bands.

What i'm picking up from what you're saying is that bands that use influences from other bands aren't amazing. Which is a very flawed theory, but you can believe what you want.

I do not enjoy most music out there anyways. I think Alan Cross said it best "99% of all music is as disposable as your last starbucks coffee cup"

That is correct, I have found a few of the 1% exception in my time, but not many. The Strokes though are not one of them.

Whatever, give it another 10 years and people will forget about em anyways.

But I also believe Indie is a pretty bland style of music to start with. A few gems out there, but most does nothing for me. So naturally I will hate it more, because it is a weak genre to me.

We'll see what happens in 10 years.

Guess I can't argue with something you believe in musically.

Considering The Strokes are capable of Is This It and Room on Fire, I can understand the hating on Angles...

"So you're judging it on the basis of what other bands could do instead of judging it on the basis of what The Strokes can do?"

Not to mention if I judged everything on a per band basis, i would just be to willing to accept anything. Like to think how it holds up to pioneers and a bigger scene.

Can repeat that with any band really. Next thing I will be saying "well it sucks, but by Nickelback standards it is top notch". That doesn't work.

i mean The Strokes is the best pop-rock band ever

anyone disagree?

Yeah, I never really liked any of their stuff. Not my thing.

They're Pop? I thought they were a pre-Punk/Post-Punk revival alt Rock band.

I'd say they're garage rock or post-punk revival.

Quality

:rolleyes: yes, that is what I meant to say 'I thought they were a quality pre-Punk/Post-Punk revival alt Rock band.'

Telepathy

And it worked.

See I'm telling you man, if you can believe, you CAN achieve.

It's strange coincidence you capitalized "CAN." You know how the Strokes formed? The guys wanted to start a band right after they saw The Mooney Suzukis in concert. And you know that band took their name from two members from CAN, Malcolm Mooney and Damo Suzuki.

Precisely why I said it! I think.... we were separated at birth

According to reports, they will have a new single out ("All The Time") within the next few weeks, and a new full-length album will soon follow. I'm quite looking forward to it.

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The new track is up

RIP ze Strokes :(
This **** is just unforgivable

Really? I don't think it's bad honestly. It's definitely interesting enough for me to want to hear the rest of the LP.

My only issue with the song is the vocals on the first verse/chorus. I'm okay with the idea of the falsetto, but its just weirdly thin sounding, and it doesn't get better in the chorus when he goes back into his lower register. After that, though, it's fine, and a completely decent pop song.

I dunno how they do it but they just keep getting worse. First album was decent, everything else just terribad.

Man this song is terrible. Arctic Monkeys managed to change their sound in every album, with their debut still their best, and they've yet to make a bad record. Can't say I can say the same for the Strokes, which is unfortunate.

It's different anyway. I don't think necessarily bad, I feel it's got a growing power. Not sure about the vocals but I'll wait to I hear the album as a whole before jumping to rash conclusions.

As for the Arctic Monkeys, in my opinion they've still to make a good record.

The synth line was used a million times but at least the structure is good... let's see when more songs will come out.

It's the same Strokes formula from 2001, only with disgusting falsetto and synth!

I definitely don't think it's their best work, but it's a decent song. No way I'm writing them off yet, especially when we've only heard one song off the new album.

Meh-- I am not crazy about it. I'm with you. I love The Strokes and I'm willing to give the album a listen. The synth towards the end does become too much for me, which is odd, because I love synth pop-- just not this particular song.

Id say it's the other way around

I actually think, this song is the logical progress in these days.
I like how they try to do something new and for me it worked out perfectly fine.

The only thing I always wonder is: Are those bands aware of how the put the audience in a situation where they either HATE it or LOVE it and is this kind of situation wanted?