According to Rolling Stone, The Strokes highly anticipated 4th album is titled Angles. Guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr. said it’s titled Angels because, “It’s what the record sounds like. It comes from five different people.” This was the first time that the band recorded an album as a collaborative effort, instead of letting Julian take most of the creative control like he did for their previous albums.
“Undercover of Darkness” is likely to be released as the first single. Rolling Stone called “Taken for a Fool,” and “Life Is Simple” “reassuring displays of the Strokes’ feral-garage dynamics”. They also called it the bands best album since Is This It? because of “The stylistic depth and progressive excitement in those crisscross guitars, the tightly wound rhythms and Casablancas’ dry trademark croon.”
I hope that this album is as legendary as it should be. Rock and roll needs The Strokes. Be sure to read the full article over at Rolling Stone. It’s a good read.
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