As a Strokes fan, I was worried that the band was going to spend their career living in the shadow of albums like “Is This It” and “Room On Fire”. I have never been so happy to be proven so wrong. The bands best work.

The only shame is that tracks on this album will end up getting talked about as the 5th or 6th best songs on here, but would be career highlights for most groups. The Strokes helped create alt rock as we knew it in the 2000’s, and it seems only ... read more

Look. I know this album is great, you know this album is great, it’s obvious. Some of the best writing and lyricism ever put to music, combined with an engaging story, and jazz, so much jazz. Duh.

Naming an album “Future Nostalgia” seems like a bold choice, but after hearing this thing, that feels like a safe bet. Dua Lipa brings in funk and disco influences and makes them fit perfectly into her pop sound. Everything feels in its right place, like the last piece of a jigsaw puzzle. An instant, stone cold, classic.

This is just beautiful chaos from front to back. There’s so much distortion and dissonance and compression, and it somehow all feels intentional. It gives off a meticulously planned and controlled setup, while still feeling effortless in its delivery. It’s got a reputation, and it earns it.

A distillation of pure rock energy that manages to carry through the entire runtime. This album is 41 minutes and yet it’s so interesting and digestible that it felt like it breezed by in half that time. Outstanding.

Yikes.

The writing is terrible, unfunny, and unbelievably uncomfortable and awkward. When lil dicky’s flow isn’t bad or stilted, it’s boring. The best tracks on this album I have already forgotten, and the worst tracks I wish I could forget.

Amazing level of variety that keeps everything interesting and unique, while not being too off putting to not be digestible.

New York Transit Queen kicks ass. There is no better way to put that.

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