New Music From Julian Casablancas
Julian Casablancas takes us to the '11th Dimension.'
Rockers who turn synth poppers produce music that usually makes most people cringe. Remember Trans by Neil Young? No? Okay, good. No need to fret kids, your favorite Stroke Julian Casablancas has not succumbed to the past sins of our grunge godfather. His latest album, Phrazes For The Young, is just Mr. Casablancas flexing his creative chops in between Strokes records, Except this time it's under his own terms.
"11th Dimension" catches you off guard with the aerobic video sounding intro synths, but the song quickly gains ground and re-affirms that Casablancas is still one of the 2000's stand out pop song writers. Mixing the playful drum technique of The The and the rave period synths of New Order, "11th Dimension" could have found itself placed firmly between any track on the three Strokes albums. But I'm glad it didn't. The chugging mechanized guitar is still there, the cold doubled vocal is still there, and the truly simple and affective pop song writing persists. Phrazes For The Young is sure to please even the indifferent die hard fan.
Posted by Joe Roth on
Oct 28, 2009 @ 9:00 am
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