Comedown Machine

Lumaa

JamieSonOfLars

brocky_dimez

pickerton

pitchfork

The Strokes' fifth album is more immediately appealing than their last two records as they sound like they’re genuinely trying here, and having fun. At times it feels like a mixtape the Strokes made for themselves: 11 songs, 11 different genre experiments.

fantano

The Strokes continue to search for different sounds on this latest album of theirs, but it doesn't seem they're that picky about what the end product sounds like. The fact they sound "different" is what seems to take precedent.