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9.0
118103
9.0 |
DIY
The Strokes seem to have finally remembered exactly how magical they can be
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9.0
118125
9.0 |
All Music
Full of passion, commitment, and creativity, The New Abnormal marks the first time in a while that the Strokes have made truly exciting music
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8.5
118105
8.5 |
Northern Transmissions
On The New Abnormal, the Strokes sound more in sync than almost ever
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8.5
118044
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The New Abnormal cements their continued relevance when many had been written them off, and as ever they don’t seem to care either way
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8.0
118045
8.0 |
Clash
Boisterous, bright and brilliant, the world’s favourite rock ‘n’ roll band shine, sounding better than they have for years. Intimate, outward-looking and probing, it’s an illustrious effort, which should become an instant classic
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8.0
118023
8.0 |
Long Live Vinyl
We’ve finally got The Strokes’ first great album since First Impressions Of Earth 14 years ago. At last, audiences won’t just be waiting for Last Nite and NYC Cops next time they’re on tour. It’s time to cheer for the new tunes in concert, too.
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8.0
118042
8.0 |
Gigwise
The second coming of a band who collapsed and rebuilt
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8.0
118043
8.0 |
NME
The Strokes have always kept their feelings at arm’s length, but there are traces of deeper introspection on their sixth album, which – despite itself – is something of a crowd-pleaser
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8.0
118053
8.0 |
Mojo
For the first time in a while The Strokes shouldn't be gearing up for goodbye. Print edition only
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8.0
118106
8.0 |
The Independent
Charged with a tense ennui fit for the present lockdown
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8.0
118086
8.0 |
XS Noize
As we continue to climb the walls, at least for the foreseeable future, I don’t think it will be difficult for the revitalised Strokes to get our attention at all. Welcome back, boys!
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8.0
118102
8.0 |
The Music
This is The Strokes in their prime
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8.0
118108
8.0 |
Evening Standard
It’s up there with their best work while sounding boldly different from it. Throughout, there’s a sense that the band are trying again. It’s about time
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Guardian
The irascible rockers present a united front again to focus on taut, driven songs with catchy riffs
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8.0
118118
8.0 |
Under The Radar
The band seems happier and healthier together, while simultaneously pulling together their best set of songs in the past decade. Couple that with Rick Rubin’s cinematic production and you have the high point of the late-career Strokes records
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8.0
118250
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
This is as fresh as a daisy
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7.9
118164
7.9 |
Gig Soup
It’s a welcome return for the New Yorkers and a hugely enjoyable new album
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7.5
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7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
The one-time anointed saviors of rock and roll experience their own resurrectio
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7.0
118143
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Might be their best since the glory days of the early ’00s
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7.0
118051
7.0 |
Uncut
On several songs here Rubin helps peel back the years to reveal an energy and a passion that reminds you just how powerful was the band's initial proposition
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6.2
118072
6.2 |
Paste Magazine
The seminal rock band’s long-awaited sixth album The New Abnormal is, as ever, equally exciting and drab
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Arts Desk
There’s a hint of Sinatra as these millennial bright young things lead their fans into middle-age
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6.0
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6.0 |
Q
Casablancas's lyrics are, as ever, largely and deliberately incomprehensible, but enough phrases slip intermittently into the foreground to convince you that they must mean something. Print edition only
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6.0
118109
6.0 |
The Irish Times
While there is certainly some welcome comfort to the return of The Strokes, when the bar was set so spectacularly high on their first two albums, The New Abnormal is almost bound to be a slight disappointment, albeit a rather good one
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6.0
118107
6.0 |
The Quietus
To their credit, the songs on The New Abnormal tend to hit a higher level of quality than last time around, albeit probably not enough to enable them to nudge out too many vintage tracks from The Strokes’ setlists
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6.0
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6.0 |
Spectrum Culture
That we have a new Strokes album is something of a minor miracle
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Observer
Frontman Julian Casablancas is back on passive-aggressive form as the New Yorkers deliver all-out pop and mid-paced fillers on their first album in seven years
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6.0
118270
6.0 |
No Ripcord
On their latest album, The New Abnormal, The Strokes have mirrored the career of Beck, offering a mimetic approximation of music they think people want, instead of music generated from their raw, inner demons or whatever fueled them on Is This It
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6.0
118130
6.0 |
The FT
There are lapses, but the New York rockers finally sound in harmony again
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6.0
118135
6.0 |
Exclaim
The New Abnormal is not a bad record, but it is a frustrating one, made by a band that feels pulled in a dozen different directions
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6.0
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6.0 |
musicOMH
The best thing to do if you want to recapture the feeling of power and energy The Strokes once gave you would be to look elsewhere
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5.7
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5.7 |
Pitchfork
The NYC band’s first album in seven years is sluggish and slight, rendering their signature sound as background music
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5.0
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5.0 |
Loud And Quiet
This is what “the Strokes sound” is now – a wafer-thin drum machine fizzing at a skittish pace, with Casablancas properly singing over it and an endless guitar line that sounds like it’s coming from a keyboard
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4.0
118308
4.0 |
PopMatters
The Strokes' The New Abnormal is an unabashedly uninspired promotional item for their upcoming world tour
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