[Review] The Strokes - Angles (English)

The buzz about the successor of "First Impressions Of Earth" was enormous, mainly because this album was released in 2006.

Fans of the Strokes were expecting a great album and this expectation was further fueled by the first single from "Angles", "Under Cover Of Darkness".

The band's bassist, Nikolai Fraiture, told “Rolling Stone” that the album would be a return to the original sound of the band and this is what occurred in the first two songs, "Machu Pichu", despite having a more reggae sounding and "Under Cover Of Darkness", which is a throwback to the great music of the Strokes.

"Two Kinds Of Happiness" and "You're So Right" are two examples of change in the sound of the Strokes, with a clear influence of the 80’s.

"Taken For A Fool" is a good music, although without reaching the level of the best in this album. Moreover, the two songs that follow, "Games" and "Call Me Back" were perfectly dispensable. "Gratisfaction", which is in the same level of "Under Cover of Darkness", makes you quickly forget the previous two songs.

"Metabolism" brings nothing new to "Angles", which closes with "Life Is Simple In The Moonlight," a good song to finish this album.

This change in the sound of the Strokes was obviously not well done and the proof is that the best songs on this album, "Under Cover Of Darkness" and "Gratisfaction", are those that most resemble the common sound of the band. Except "Life Is Simple In The Moonlight", all songs of this new style of the band are pretty mediocre.  

7/10