Like many, their 2001 debut "Is This It" blew my mind. It was earthy, minimalistic and direct. There are those that have called this (their sixth album and first in six years) a real return to form. I am not sure whether I am either not getting it or whether I have forever moved away from this style of indie, but I found nothing of interest here at all. It sounded safe, pedestrian and lacking any energy. There were no stand out tunes for me. Every song blurred into one and I came away feeling that they had lost that raw emotion that made them so special.

2020 Worse AlbumsAuthor : Stewart Lucas6 November 2020The Strokes, The New AbnormalComment