NEW VINYL LP ON PIAS 2019 180 GRAM VINYL. Their prospects dangerously over-inflated by pundits who often hailed their debut as nothing short of rock-messianic, New York City's Strokes got a lesson in cynical rock-press dynamics when their biz-troubled, if similarly toned, 2003 sophomore set was dutifully dismissed as the proverbial sophomore slump. A lesser band might have been chastened by the experience; this one responded with a third album that positively bristles with energetic challenges. Revolving around a loose concept that allows songwriter/frontman Julian Casablancas to adopt a viewpoint that's as detached as it is world-weary and bemused, it's a record that quickly trades the often precious production conceits of its forebears for a muscular confidence that's notable from the infectious, back-to-the-80s opener 'You Only Live Once' to its perfect bookend 'Red Light.' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strokes Tracklist 1. You Only Live Once 2. Juicebox 3. Heart In A Cage 4. Razorblade 5. On The Other Side 6. Vision Of Division 7. Ask Me Anything 8. Electricityscape 9. Killing Lies 10. Fear Of Sleep 11. 15 Minutes 12. Ize Of The World 13. Evening Sun 14. Red Light
