The Strokes "Is This It (International Cover)" 2025-03-14 Bemis struggled with different ideas

Bemis struggled with different ideas for the record and decided the album should focus on "the artistic struggle

Includes all of the band's biggest chart topping hits including "Down

A record well suited to any location

entering the charts at No

The Strokes "Is This It (International Cover)" 2025-03-14 Bemis struggled with different ideasClocking 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