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Features Song Lyrics for The Strokes's Comedown Machine album.

Comedown Machine is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Strokes. It was released on March 26, 2013 by RCA Records. The band decided to pull a media blackout for the album, with no promotion in the form of television appearances, interviews, photoshoots, live shows, or tours.

Comedown Machine is the fifth studio album by indie rock band The Strokes, released on March 25th, 2013, under RCA Records. The album featured noticeably different sound compared to their earlier efforts, with a noticeably more laid-back vibe. The freshness and liveliness of the album’s sound was praised, especially when compared to its predecessor, Angles. The artwork, designed to resemble an old RCA magnetic reel packaging, heavy-handedly points towards the fact that Comedown Machine was the final album The Strokes were obligated to record under their contract with RCA Records, hinting that.

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The Strokes - 'Comedown Machine'. Album five from the New Yorkers who kick-started the noughties indie revival is full of big riffs, fuzzed-up vocals and the sense that they might actually be enjoying themselves. For the past decade, fans of The Strokes have watched the band fading away before their very eyes  . 80s Comedown Machine’ slows the pace, built on a squeezebox loop that could happily soundtrack a Nationwide advert, before ‘50/50’ aptly marks the halfway point with its big riff and fuzzed-up vocals. And you breathe a sigh of relief, because so far this is good. Then it gets a bit weird.

Comedown Machine is their first album to truly polarize critics - many of whom have taken the chance to mention that this album fulfills the band's contract with RCA, and therefore, could be interpreted as the band's final outing - but more importantly, it's their first album in years to elicit an actually insightful response rather than a slew of "are the. Strokes past it?" thinkpieces. Comedown Machine is a success because it shows that Julian, Nick, Fab, Nikolai, and Albert can still work together in one room to create a record  . Comedown Machine shakes off the idea that the Strokes are just a relic in a world they nearly single-handedly formed, because the Strokes simply don't exist in that world anymore.

The Strokes Comedown Machine (Rough Trade) It started with the artwork. Though The Strokes' artwork has never been that good, the classic European cover for ‘Is This It' was apparently an ‘accident', being replaced with what can only be described as nothingness for the US market. Reducing yourself to mimicking early 60s singles sleeves is not a manoeuvre from a band full of ideas.

The Strokes – Comedown Machine. Rough Trade) UK release date: 25 march 2013. by Martin Headon published: 22 Mar 2013 in Albums. He would certainly have been right to issue such a warning before The Strokes’ last, disastrously disjointed album Angles – the first album written by the entire band rather than by Julian Casablancas alone.

The Strokes – 'Comedown Machine'. Rated as: 4/5. Writing a classic album on your first attempt creates a strange pressure on a band. As Oasis, Arctic Monkeys and The Stone Roses will testify, fans may stay loyal, but deep down they still crave another bite of that elusive first fruit. The Strokes have released three so-so albums since they reinvigorated indie rock with 2001’s ‘Is This It?’. Feeling unenthusiastic this time around? Maybe the band are too, having simply dumped this album in their label’s laps with no gigs or interviews to promote it. If only they’d have some faith