Angles

AlbumMar 21 / 201110 songs, 34m 13s
Indie Rock
Popular
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The Strokes return after a lengthy hiatus following the disappointing First Impressions of Earth, and they sound fragmented with a lack of purpose.

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For The Strokes, Is This It is more than just an album title. “Is this it?” has also been a taunt used against the band throughout its entire career. That likely won’t change with Angles, the first Strokes album in five years. Stripped to the barest essentials—droning vocals, springy guitars, simple rhythms, and…

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I never thought I’d be making this statement about a Strokes record, but the New York band’s fourth album is packed with…

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When the Strokes returned from their lengthy post-First Impressions of Earth hiatus with Angles, they’d been apart almost as long as they’d been together.

The Strokes are as important as ever...This is it.

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The Strokes found themselves in the right place at the right time circa post-9/11 New York City.

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Almost a decade after The Strokes emerged from their New York base to usher in the garage rock / leather jackets / tight jeans phenomenon of the Noughties - a movement they’d ultimately prove too fr

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The Strokes aren’t the same band you fell in love with 10 years ago.

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It's not exactly a promising sign that even the Strokes are moaning about their new album, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong>

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The Strokes - Angles review: Angles was never meant to be Is This It? for a new decade. Instead, Angles is the sound of a band maturing.

Angles is the most lukewarm album of The Strokes to date. Rating: * *

CD OF THE WEEK: Angles Rough Trade ****

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