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Review title: This, most probably, is it.
Product review: Right place right time or wrong place wrong time? The Strokes stepped onto the world stage at the center of such a large amount of dubious hype that it's still uncertain whether the band will be able to survive it. "Is This It" offers some evidence on the positive side, however. The trick the Strokes have perfected - and it's an impressive trick - is to evoke every great 70's New York band while actually sounding like none of them. Julian Casablancas' vocals are a charismatic upgrading of Lou Reed at his most tuneful; the guitars mix Television's ethereality with the Feelies' strum'n'chop; the rhythm section motors along like they were the CBGB's house band. Every note on the album is played at the service of the songs, which are all of a uniformly high quality. Their second album will inevitably be released to mainstream disappointment, but I've got a feeling the band wouldn't want it any other way.
