First Impressions Of Earth

The Strokes probably didn't deserve to be anointed the saviors of rock on the basis of Is This It?, an entertaining but pointedly non-innovative album. When they hit the studio to record Room On Fire, they froze a little, and spit out a rehash instead of a radical advance. It was an enjoyable rehash, but if The…

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Gone is the acerbic tension that marked the Strokes as forefathers of the East Coast rock resurgence.

For the Strokes, it's been nearly impossible to separate the music from the hype.

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