They sound more engaged and electrified on Future Present Past than they have in years.
With 'Future Present Past', The Strokes have gone where we, and perhaps even they, never thought they would: back to the future of rock 'n' roll.
The Strokes are the same ol’ murky enigma they were last week, last month, last year, last decade. Future Present Past simply leaves them floating in space.
Future Present Past is but a mere taste of what the Strokes are capable of in 2016, but the band may have settled for something a bit too well-tread this time around.
Here, there’s just enough to think about without getting fatigued, as the Strokes continue to toy with the sound of their late period.
Future Present Past EP is an overdue coda to a band as worn out as the old clothes they wore on MTV’s $2 Bill to look cool.
BAND BINGE: THE STROKES (PART 16XTEEN OF 21ENTYONE)
Goddamn, y'all do not like this thing huh?
While this is an extremely brief and straight forward release from the band at only three tracks and a remix from Fabrizio Moretti, this is a pretty decent project from front to back! Clearly an attempt to tide fans over until the next full length project (and potentially an apology due to the lukewarm reception of Comedown Machine), the band decide to just release three extremely good tracks, all ... read more
ok its not that good but threat of joy is unironically one of my favorite strokes songs
I really feel nothing from this EP whatsoever aside from boredom.
The EP starts with its weakest song by far “Drag Queen”, this song really feels like nothing at all and I couldn’t care less about it. “Oblivius” is too long for its own good and Julian tries to reach the higher register of his voice at the end and it… wasn’t very good. But there’s a particular guitar line I really enjoy. “Threat of Joy” is by far the best song even ... read more
Drag Queen and Oblivius are forgettable BBBUUUUTTT I do actually really love Threat of Joy. Really reminds me of like Room on Fire era and I vibe heavy with it, still listen to it from time to time.
Quite tough to rate a three-song EP (I will acknowledge the existence of the moretti remix when china acknowledges the existence of taiwan as a separate country) when I find one song obnoxious (Drag Queen) one song above average (Oblivius) and one song very good (Threat of Joy)
1 | Drag Queen 4:33 | 60 |
2 | Oblivius 4:59 | 79 |
3 | Threat of Joy 4:24 | 85 |
4 | Oblivius (Moretti Remix) 5:32 | 56 |