Posted on 06/01/06
Not a first, but still a good impression
First Impressions of EarthThe StrokesRCA/Sony BMG***Love the Strokes; hate the Strokes. Love the Strokes; hate the Strokes. Love the. . . .Affection bobs for New York's artfully rumpled rockers. In 2001, the band rushed into towering status, offering its debut Is This It to a rock world that needed saving. The music was slack, urban, vigorous and more than just a little cool. Beyond that, the finishing-school pretty boys had the elegantly-wasted thing down -- they wore the correct trousers, struck decadent poses and danced with perfect-nippled girls.
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