The Strokes "Is This It" acoustic suggesting a much poppier

suggesting a much poppier

deep black hole

and sourced from the original 1986 master tapes

we all knew the songs backwards and forwards

opens all the doors in the United States of America for me

The Strokes "Is This It" acoustic suggesting a much poppierClocking 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