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Julian’s voice is the clearest it’s ever been. I always wish he didn’t always go with the distortion and auto tune with his voice being so original. Hope to hear more songs like this where his voice is just so refreshing
Andrea G lol I mean I like his classics too with his voice adjusted, it can still be a good track. But it’s nice being able to hear his voice clearly too
They've got lots of material with no distortion on the vocals, like entirety of first impressions. Hell this song is a lot like the synth song on that album.
Glad you enjoyed it Melon! As a die hard Strokes fan I absolutely love it too. I think most of us are just happy with great new music. So excited for this new album!
The Strokes/Bernie rally was insane!! BEST ENDING TO ANYTHING, EVER!!! Julian was sing the course for NYC cop while a cop was telling him to shut it down. EPIC
Damn yo, I hadn’t heard about this, but I just watched the video, & it is WILD. It’s animated in a style that’s kind of like... A cross between really old (Snow White era) Disney movies, some elements of anime (especially in the space scenes), & old animated video games like Dragon’s Lair... The first scene, of the family inside the house, actually reminded me a lot of a 2D version of the rotoscoped style of the recent Amazon show Undone... Which, btw, I have to plug- Undone is easily one of the best shows I’ve seen in ages (if not the best). It’s extremely brief & right- 8 episodes at around 20 minutes each, & you can fly through them in 1-2 sittings the way they drive you to keep watching... But dear god. Beautiful story; brilliantly written; lovable, very human characters; awesome surrealist/subtly psychedelic art style; deals with awesome cerebral subject matter like shamanism, venturing within the mind (or on higher planes of existence), time-travel, the fine line between peering through the veil to deeper truths vs losing your mind... I think it’s very accessible, & the way it deals with family issues is relatable & emotionally evocative for pretty much anyone, but especially if you’re interested in any of those topics, it’s truly amazing. As someone who has a lot of “psychonautic” and seemingly mystical experience in addition to that more universal stuff, it dealt with so much that really hit home for me on a very personal level. But I’d encourage anyone to give it a chance, because damn. It’s an experience. Talking about it is making me want to re-watch it. Very good song too. Haha. Curious how the rest of the LP will compare.
Future: At The Door Present: Ode To The Mets Past: The Adults Are Talking If there's a similar mix of style on top of the tracks actually being good, this album could be a banger.
That's cool that you noticed that! I remember figuring out a similar thing with the songs in Future Present Past. For example... Future: Drag Queen Present: OBLIVIUS Past: Threat of Joy And to add, in OBLIVIUS, when Julian says, "What side are you standing on" repeatedly, he's saying to his fans/anyone if they are willing to go with the future (drag queen) sound, or stay in the past (Threat of Joy).
theres no way a strokes fan does not like this song, ive been replaying this for months, such a great concept and also so fun to sing, might even be my favorite from them
this is my first the strokes song and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! if this new album sounds like this entirely im gonna be in for a treat. Any other the strokes song which sounds similar???
I definitely thought the rest of the instrumentation would come in eventually, but I LOVE how un-Strokes it is. (I loved the parts of Comedown Machine and Future Present Past that departed from their sound too) Rick Rubin's great at making things as minimal as possible as a producer. Excited for the rekkid!
Posting this now before watching the review cause I thought of it at about 1:07 as much as I love The Strokes (they’re still my #1 favorite band to date) I do like the Voidz as well but am also still eager/hopeful to see everyone else’s solo ventures some more too, especially if it’s another long wait before we get new Strokes material (even though I hope it’s not). But I’d love to maybe see more stuff from Nick’s side project CRX, maybe some new Little Joy material with Fab or even his own, new thing. I know AHJ’s still cranking out solo work and I’m still liking a lot of it. And to top it off, I’d love, love, love to see Nikolai’s Summer Moon or even his first band Nickel Eye return. Aside from that, I still want all my boys to keep The Strokes alive, can’t wait for the album, and I’m excited to see any new material from them going forward
“This track is so bad that it makes me want to have a stroke” Nice one Anthony. Also I don’t know if you take Let’s Argue or Lets Agree submissions in the comments, but I’m going to do one anyways. Let’s Agree: The Fader article ruined your comment section, because now it’s riddled with boring “omg Anthony racist” jokes. Instead of actual discussion, which used to exist in your older videos from my experience.
in my experience, those comments were definitely a thing before the Fader article, and actually contributed to Anthony seeming like be appealed to the alt-right as so many comments were like that
The Strokes were experimenting with tracks similar to this as early on their 3rd album (Ask Me Anything). No one should be surprised at this point. The surprise would be if they released an album with all guitars/bass/drums etc. ala Room on Fire and Is This It.
I feel like this track really draws their old sound and their new direction very well together. Mainly through Julians raw singing like you said, which I missed a lot. The album could become a middle-ground that all fans can sorta vibe on I hope
IKNOW!!! I feel the same way. (I thought the new album was on the same level as their1st it first 2 LP’s, but so much MORE)... please, please, pretty great!!!Fantano, What say you?
When I first heard Electricityscape on their First Impressions of Earth album, my first thought of Julian's use of vocal octaves reminded me of Frank Sinatra. It's interesting to hear that you listen to that same similarity. Very good catch.
I heard this song this morning when I woke up and I was like what the fuck is this shit. It’s since grown on me and it’s fucking good, hope this album is as good as it might be based on the live and isolated versions of songs on the track list.
i honestly love this so much!! its definitelt... so different from past strokes sounds, but i love this new direction. it feels fresh, julian has this like.. new tone, new life in his voice, and idk i am HERE for it
Hit the nail on the head. I’m lovin this track as a diehard lifelong strokes fan, for all the reasons you noted it’s excellence. Can’t wait to hear the rest of the album!
