Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we'll provide the jams.
"Is This It" is such a perfectly composed debut album that it's not surprising Julian Casablancas is always out trying new projects. What do you do next? Devoid of context, the album stands up as a clear distillation of what it means to be young and bored and drunk and having sex and barely paying rent and being bored and having sex.
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With the context of post-Rolling Stones rock and pop music, it's only that much better with clever, subtle nods to other artists and genres that never comes off as parody.