These songs are all great and New Romance edges it out for me. I think Runaway would runaway (ugh) with it if not for Victoria doing her best auto-tune impression.
You can still play to your strengths, sound similar, and still evolve. Beach House does it on every album. The Strokes are one of my favorite bands of all time and they peaked in 2003. Still listen to them on a weekly basis!
It’s a great album in its own right but if two of your favorite albums of all time are Is This It and Room On Fire then they will never live up to the hype again.
This album is fine...great singular experience from a band that doesn’t have “The Strokes” attached to it. This would work better as a Julian side-project in my opinion. For someone who loves the tight and catchy songs ranging from 2:30-3 minutes that they pumped out effortlessly on the first two albums I just always set the bar too high. I’m going to give this more listens but I’m going to inevitably sprinkle in listens of Room on Fire to remember the glory days.
I have finally listened to this enough times to have an opinion! I agree that the second half is the bees knees but the first half easily holds its own as the superior disc based on the gritty edge it has:
1) As much as we've all already heard "Reflektor" it's being discarded as one of the most delicious/accessible tracks AF has ever real eased. That chorus crushes souls.
2) The beginning riff of "We Exist" makes me want to hump something...
3) "Here Comes The Night Time" could possibly be the best song on this entire record. Fuck it's dancy. Is that even a word???
This album runs train on every other motherfuckin album that has spun on the motherfuckin radio this year sans Yeezus - Stevie Janowski
I agree that Suburbs kicked serious ass, but Neon Bible was their weakest in my opinion. Give this album more listens and you'll realize its potential.
For anyone that thinks this album is a regression, you must be in the isuckhard camp. This builds on everything they've ever done and if anything, shows they can do no wrong regardless of what they are trying to achieve. Did I mention that "Here Comes the Nighttime" might be the catchiest/most fun song of the year? I can't stop fucking dancing. Long time reader, first time commenter. I plan on getting into the mix here on out. Hail Arcade Fire, Yeezus, Raptor Jesus and D-Tits til the day we die! Stevie Janowski out, if Kenny P says it's cool...
This is one of my personal favorite albums of all time and i've listened to it countless hours over the last ten years. It got me to thinking about my top-5 songs and after grueling deliberation, here they are...
1.Leif Erickson
2. NYC
3. Untitled
4. Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down
5. PDA
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