Is This It The Strokes Direct

Is Is This It the best album of the 21st century? Debatable. Is it the most important ? Arguably.

The genius of the album is its . Raphael didn’t mic the drums to sound like thunder; he mic them to sound like cardboard boxes being kicked down a hallway. The bass on “Is This It” (the track) throbs like a subway train passing through a tunnel. Nothing is clean. Everything is slightly out of tune. Is This It The Strokes

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On July 30, 2001, five guys from New York City walked into a recording studio with a producer named Gordon Raphael. They walked out with a 36-minute earthquake. Is Is This It the best album of the 21st century

The album was Is This It . The band was The Strokes. And for the last two decades, critics and fans have been asking the same question the title implies: Is this it? Is this all there is? Is this the peak? Arguably

But to answer the title: Yes, Julian. This is it. And it’s still pretty damn good. "Hard to Explain" (loud), "Someday" (quiet, on a Sunday morning), "Trying Your Luck" (when you’re feeling pathetic).