The Strokes "Is This It" emo Armed with his signature coffn

Armed with his signature coffn bass

it is their first album in seven years

as well as their emotion

Michael Graves at Osiris Studio and cut by Chris Muth at Taloowa

The Strokes "Is This It" emo Armed with his signature coffnClocking in at 36 minutes, Is This It? packs its perfect length with stellar songs that draw inspiration from all over the map. Among the many highlights are Last Nite with its insistent motown backbeat and choppy johnny thunders like guitar solo, Barely Legal, sounding like 1980s era Cure fronted by a saucy Iggy Pop, and the jangly Someday with its hairshirt of vulnerability from a bad break up. While frontman Julian Casablancas drawls like Lou Reed