The songs that separated The Strokes from ‘Is This It’
“I always thought it was part two”.
The Strokes
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A disarming stylistic left-turn.
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“Baby, I feel so down.”
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Including a Wu-Tang legend.
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Trying to prove they’ve still got it.
Julian Casablancas says The Strokes stayed together for “financial reasons”
Casablancas said their “creativity” was pushed “into the background”.
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The most individual voices.