The Strokes - Is This It (LP, Album, RE) Mint (M) / Mint (M)

Summary: Vinyl, LP1, Is This It, Strokes, The, 2020, Europe

Media Condition:  Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
Country:    Europe  
Released:  24 Jul 2020
Genre:       Rock
Style:         Indie Rock

Comments:
New, Sealed.

Notes:

Some copies include a 'We Are Vinyl' download code inside and sticker on cover. Standard weight vinyl comes in direct-to-board foldover jacket.

Runouts are stamped, except the standalone 'B' on side B which is etched. Year on labels and back cover is 2019 though this release was distributed beginning in 2020.

A1. Is This It 2:30
A2. The Modern Age 3:27
A3. Soma 2:33
A4. Barely Legal 3:54
A5. Someday 3:03
B1. Alone, Together 3:08
B2. Last Nite 3:12
B3. Hard To Explain 3:43
B4. New York City Cops 3:20
B5. Trying Your Luck 3:22
B6. Take It Or Leave It 3:14

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 194397844719
Label Code LC 00316
Matrix / Runout 86169 2A MOVLP 085
Matrix / Runout 86169 2B MOVLP 085 B
Matrix / Runout 86169 3A MOVLP 085
Matrix / Runout 86169 3B MOVLP 085

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19439784471

Arriving on a wave of well-earned hype rooted in tight chops and a confident swagger, The Strokes offer a Rock & Roll antidote to the plague of boy bands, teen divas, and petulant rap-rock outfits. Despite this quintet's prep-school background, their sound comes from the same primordial ooze that spawned Big Apple legends like the New York Dolls and the Velvet Underground. Clocking in at 36 minutes, IS THIS IT packs it's perfect length with stellar songs that draw inspiration from all over the map. Among the many highlights are "Last Nite" with it's insistent Motown backbeat and choppy Johnny Thunders-like guitar solo, "Barely Legal," sounding like 1980's-era Cure fronted by a saucy Iggy Pop, and the jangly "Someday" with it's hairshirt of vulnerability from a bad break-up. While frontman Julian Casablanca's (son of Elite Models founder John) drawls like Lou Reed through a busted intercom, guitarists Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr.. do Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd proud as their sinewy chords intertwine to great effect on the angular "The Modern Age" and equally neurotic "Alone, Together." Thanks to The Strokes, rumors of Rock & Roll's demise appear to have been greatly exaggerated.