Post by Cupcake Avenger on Jul 30, 2005 17:20:33 GMT -5
The Strokes' second effort really doesn't add anything too terribly new or broad to their catalog, but it does continue what they did on their previous album: garage rock with a 70s sound and a modern sensibility.
The album clocks in at a breezy 33 minutes, which makes each song on average exactly 3 minutes, showing something moderately impressive: during a short period of time, a band can create an album just as good as, say, Metallica's Black Album, which clocks in at maybe double the time but is overall no better than this.
Anyways, what the hell am I doing comparing The Strokes and Metallica? Two totally different bands. Anyways, Julian Casablancas' low, sometimes near-mumbling voice is sometimes hard to hear over the distorted guitars that basically play simple riffs until a short solo opportunity comes up.
Room on Fire is a good album, fun to listen to if you are bored, but it really has only one real standout track for me, and that is the single "Reptilia". Pumping with energy and aggression that the rest of this relatively mild album doesn't have, it features Casablancas screaming through parts of it, the album derives its title from a line from the song, and features a short but very enjoyable solo. "Reptilia" is clearly the best song on Room on Fire, and I'm wondering if that is maybe a hint to the direction The Strokes will be taking. If so, I'm content.
The Strokes' second album is listenable, but it just doesn't have a whole lot of energy or passion that perhaps they will learn to find on their third.
The album clocks in at a breezy 33 minutes, which makes each song on average exactly 3 minutes, showing something moderately impressive: during a short period of time, a band can create an album just as good as, say, Metallica's Black Album, which clocks in at maybe double the time but is overall no better than this.
Anyways, what the hell am I doing comparing The Strokes and Metallica? Two totally different bands. Anyways, Julian Casablancas' low, sometimes near-mumbling voice is sometimes hard to hear over the distorted guitars that basically play simple riffs until a short solo opportunity comes up.
Room on Fire is a good album, fun to listen to if you are bored, but it really has only one real standout track for me, and that is the single "Reptilia". Pumping with energy and aggression that the rest of this relatively mild album doesn't have, it features Casablancas screaming through parts of it, the album derives its title from a line from the song, and features a short but very enjoyable solo. "Reptilia" is clearly the best song on Room on Fire, and I'm wondering if that is maybe a hint to the direction The Strokes will be taking. If so, I'm content.
The Strokes' second album is listenable, but it just doesn't have a whole lot of energy or passion that perhaps they will learn to find on their third.
