The Strokes
After a prolonged hiatus, New York City fops The Strokes return with their first album for seven years. The break, as John Earls observes, has done them a world of good
THE NEW ABNORMAL
CULT/COLUMBIA
TRACKLIST
1. The Adults Are Talking
2. Selfless
3. Brooklyn Bridge To Chorus
4. Bad Decisions
5. Eternal Summer
6. At The Door
7. Why Are Sundays So Depressing?
8. Not The Same Anymore
9. Ode To The Mets
Having arrived perfectly formed out of nowhere 19 years ago with Is This It, the expectations around The Strokes’ new album are pretty much zero all over again. Previous albums Angles and Comedown Machine were, respectively, barely passable and worse than that. The band were hardly speaking and, at the few shows they played, it seemed they were only there for the cheque.