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Title: catchy
Review: CATCHY is the key word with the Strokes. Not GROUNDBREAKING. Not REVOLUTIONARY. Not VELVET UNDERGROUND (because Lou Reed wasn't always catchy. Think I'm wrong? Listen to "The Black Angel's Death Song" 20 times in a row and see if you don't want to throw your stereo out the window).The Strokes truly define CATCHY. The reliable drums, the expert guitars, precise as ever, driving infectious melody. The lyrics don't sound like they care one way or another. "Don't wanna be forgotten. Don't wanna be reminded" Even the hair, the clothes, the voice, all preordained to require a minimal amount of effort. It doesn't even sound as if they put any work into the album, but for some reason I get the feeling that it does take quite a bit of tinkering to perfect the impression, or the illusion, of carelessness.But why analyze the grand mystique that is the Strokes when you can just pop in the CD and turn it up?
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