The Strokes "Is This It" 2026-01-23 and played everything you hear

and played everything you hear on Bigger Than Life using entirely analog gear

It's not very often that you can sit down and put on a record and feel like you're spending the night catching up with an old friend

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the title-track—one of mankind's greatest achievements

The Strokes "Is This It" 2026-01-23 and played everything you hearClocking in at 36 minutes, Is This It? packs its perfect length with stellar songs that draw inspiration from all over the map. Among the many highlights are Last Nite with its insistent motown backbeat and choppy johnny thunders like guitar solo, Barely Legal, sounding like 1980s era Cure fronted by a saucy Iggy Pop, and the jangly Someday with its hairshirt of vulnerability from a bad break up. While frontman Julian Casablancas drawls like Lou Reed