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The strokes bad decisions3/4/2023 If “Bad Decisions” and its video are some kind of Jules piss-take on what people stereotypically want out of the Strokes, it’s still a damn good version of what people stereotypically want out of the Strokes. But then “Bad Decisions” kind of delivers on that, too. Given Casablancas’ more untethered endeavors with the Voidz, you could take it as a sort of meta-commentary on people always expecting a specific thing from this band. It’s a sort of spoof of retro infomercials, with the premise being you could buy a clone of the Strokes, particularly some uncanny echoes of the band in their earlier days. The song comes with a video directed by Andrew Donoho. (Though it’s Billy Idol who gets a co-writing credit, presumably for the similarity to the melody in “Dancing With Myself.”) (This was the same show at which the band unveiled their cover of Talking Heads’ “Burning Down The House” and where Casablancas sang “New York City Cops” into an actual cop’s face.) In many ways, “Bad Decisions” feels like a classic Strokes song - especially in the chorus melody - with a bit more New Order injected into the lead guitar riff. Some fans might already have come across “Bad Decisions” - the Strokes debuted it onstage last week, when they played a set at Bernie Sanders’ New Hampshire rally ahead of the primary. Taking to socials earlier today, the band announced that after all this time waiting, we’d get two new Strokes songs in quick succession, with another single called “Bad Decisions” arriving just a week after “At The Door.” And in every way the last one was pretty and enigmatic, this is just a straight-up Strokes banger. Well, it turns out that the Strokes had a nice one-two up their sleeve: Start with the weird new introduction, chase it with something a bit more quintessentially Strokes-esque. (We liked it, though, ranking it as our favorite song last week.) Either way, it was a bold call, kicking off the rollout for the first new Strokes album in seven years with something enticing and elusive more so than something immediate and triumphant. but one was treated with all manner of caustic substances and subjected to abrasion by the. Wolf have released these beautiful chemically corroded visuals for the track Red from the groups recently released EP of the same name.Two exact sets of rushes were exposed and are visible in the clip. All moody and atmospheric, with no percussion and little guitar, many heard “At The Door” as more reminiscent of Julian Casablancas’ solo work than the Strokes. Frequent collaborators In/Out and British band Mt. The announcement was accompanied by a new track called “ At The Door.” While it wasn’t the first preview we heard of The New Abnormal - the band had already debuted a handful of new songs live - it was certainly a striking statement of a lead single. I understand being taken back by the direction and it just might be a little too distracting for your preferences.Last week, the Strokes finally announced their long-awaited, long-teased new album The New Abnormal, their first since 2013’s Comedown Machine. It’s all very familiar sounding but incredibly unique at the same time. They remind me a lot of Parquet Courts in that regard. The Strokes have always had a tendency to bask in other artists sounds and putting their own spin on it. The end of the song where he’s sorta of crooner-talking the vocals are very Billy Idol as well. The ‘Dancing with myself’ chorus homage is nothing new for Julian. This track is very much a pretty classic sounding Strokes song by all standards. There definitely is some ‘I Melt with You’ in there though. I think what everyone is hearing the guitar tone + chorus and not fully realizing that like literally every band who was on the new wave train all had riffs just like that. Chorus Oh, makin bad decisions Oh, makin bad decisions Making bad decisions for you Yeah, makin bad decisions Uh-oh, makin bad decisions Makin bad decisions for you. A lot of folks are saying that it sounds like Modern English ‘I melt with you” or New Order ‘Ceremony’ is ‘Age of Consent’. Verse 1 Dropped down the lights, I’m sitting with you Moscow, 1972 Always singin in my sleep I will leave it in my dreams. I think you’re just picking up on new wave in general. I don’t think that it sounds like the cure at all besides the chorus on the guitars.
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