The Strokes "Is This It" emo Highlighted by “Urban Struggle

Highlighted by “Urban Struggle

it is their first album in seven years

and also in The Good Doctor

the perfect flow of the production - the way the record was experimental without ever being self indulgent - it was everything we wanted

The Strokes "Is This It" emo Highlighted by “Urban StruggleClocking in at 36 minutes, Is This It? packs its perfect length with stellar songs that draw inspiration from all over the map. Among the many highlights are Last Nite with its insistent motown backbeat and choppy johnny thunders like guitar solo, Barely Legal, sounding like 1980s era Cure fronted by a saucy Iggy Pop, and the jangly Someday with its hairshirt of vulnerability from a bad break up. While frontman Julian Casablancas drawls like Lou Reed