Comedown Machine

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Your computer may be infected with malware or spyware that makes automated requests to our server and causes problems. The Strokes Announce Fifth Studio Album, 'Comedown Machine' ". Billboard. January 30, 2013. Archived from the original on May 9, 2018 . Retrieved March 1, 2013. Lipshutz, Jason (January 30, 2013). "The Strokes Announce Fifth Studio Album, 'Comedown Machine' ". Billboard. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018 . Retrieved February 23, 2013. The Strokes - Comedown Machine". Oricon. April 4, 2013. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013 . Retrieved April 8, 2013. Mayall, Kieran (March 18, 2013). "Strokes - Comedown Machine". Clash Magazine. Archived from the original on March 21, 2013 . Retrieved March 18, 2013.

In the build-up to this fifth album’s release, the signs weren’t good. The sleeve – an old RCA reel-to-reel tape box – seems phoned in, not iconic like the ‘Smell The Glove’-inspired artwork of their debut. It transpired that the band would be doing no press, and no tour dates have yet been announced. To top it off, there’s the title: ‘Comedown Machine’. Bummer. a b Battan, Carrie (January 25, 2013). "Listen: The Strokes' New Song "One Way Trigger" ". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015 . Retrieved 30 June 2015. a b "Comedown Machine by The Strokes". Metacritic.com. March 19, 2012. Archived from the original on March 22, 2013 . Retrieved March 30, 2012. That's it for the Strokes, passim. By contrast, anyone partial to Casablancas as a born-again keyboard fetishist will find Comedown far more agreeable – bang on trend, even. It anticipates the forthcoming Phoenix album, Bankrupt! (due 22 April), very nicely indeed. Comedown has more than something of the French millennial cusp about it, and the way French bands of that era – Air, Phoenix – interpreted the 80s with warm, saturated pleasure rather than iciness. Wipe the name of the band from the cover and the fun begins. '80s Comedown Machine is a submersive Mellotronic slowie studded with dub bits. Welcome to Japan is a fab reggae-disco bagatelle that finds Casablancas wondering "what kind of asshole drives a Lotus?" with world-weary charm.

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Offiziellecharts.de – The Strokes – Comedown Machine" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 15, 2020. Stubbs, Dan (March 25, 2013). "The Strokes - 'Comedown Machine' ". NME. Archived from the original on March 27, 2013 . Retrieved March 27, 2013. Unsurprisingly enough “Slow Animals” brings about another change of pace as the record vastly decreases in tempo and Casablanca dishes out another dose from the higher end of his register. It’s an odd one, at times it comes across as pointlessly depressing and struggles to sustain your attention but at others it’s sombreness is strangely moving with the lyrics and tone contrasted by another signature guitar solo. It’s followed by the charmingly frenzied “Partners in Crime” which due to it’s energetic, chaotic vibe appears endlessly listenable on the surface but ultimately struggles to craft a memorable chorus or hook to make revisiting wholly worthwhile. Anderson, Kyle (March 20, 2013). "Comedown Machine Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 16, 2013 . Retrieved March 20, 2013. Modell, Josh (March 26, 2012). "The Strokes: Comedown Machine". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013 . Retrieved 27 March 2013.

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