There is not quite the anticipation of old for a new album by The Strokes 10 years since the release of their classic debut. The intervening years haven’t reduced the status of that record, though, or its fairly decent follow-ups, and this fourth album does a pretty good job of adhering to the elegantly wasted garage pop blueprint. ‘Undercover of Darkness’ has the classic nagging Strokes beat and insanely catchy chorus, as does ‘Taken for a Fool’ which could have easily appeared on Is This It. There are nods to the current trend for everything 80s, most notably on the aged futurism of ‘Games’, but for the most part this thankfully sticks to what the band does best.
[etRating value=“ 4”]
[etRating value=“ 4”]
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