is this it (the strokes)
This is a really good record. Lo-fi rock with a nice pop influence. I like the nasal clarity of the vocals. So many good tracks- the roll of "Soma," the delightfully poppy "Someday" (which kindof sounds like "Last Night" in reverse), the synth swell of "Hard to Explain," the drive of "Take It or Leave It." It's pretty interesting to remember this record in context- it's strange to define whether it ever really mattered, if it was just a critical darling, or what. As a teenager listening to music, it didn't seem like a particularly big deal when these guys came out. But then I remember being a freshman in college, the wave of guitar-rock, low-fi bands that were suddenly all over the place, commercially successful and relevant. And this record really did pave the way in that respect- the strokes and the white stripes, I remember them coming out pretty simultaneously. And it lives up to the hype (although the songs that sound the best, seem to sound the best all in a very similar way.)
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