The Strokes

Group / 1998 - present / United States

indie rock garage rock revival post-punk revival new wave rock synth-pop garage rock

Biography

The Strokes are an American rock band from New York City, New York, that formed in 1998. The band is composed of lead singer and primary songwriter Julian Casablancas, guitarists Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr., bassist Nikolai Fraiture, and drummer Fabrizio Moretti. They were a leading group of the early-2000s garage rock revival and post-punk revival movements.

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Analysed songs (10)

All the Time

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A brisk, almost breezy pop-rock track that hides an accusatory, faintly weary message underneath its retro sheen: the narrator…

self-deception denial and avoidance time and urgency

Automatic Stop

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A brisk breakup song built around a love triangle, where the narrator's dismissiveness curdles into something closer to guilt…

romantic betrayal denial emotional detachment

Bad Decisions

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A jittery, sample-adjacent pop-rock track built almost entirely around one confessional hook: the narrator admits, over and…

romantic self-sabotage mutual failure to communicate nostalgia and borrowed history

Barely Legal

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A slack, half-confessional monologue about a lopsided romance where guilt, desire, and self-sabotage tangle together without…

failed responsibility desire and control guilt and self-justification

Is This It

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The title track of The Strokes' debut is a woozy, deadpan meditation on romantic and existential exhaustion, delivered in a…

disaffection romantic dishonesty generational ennui

One Way Trigger

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A breakup song dressed in a falsetto so bright it almost disguises the exhaustion underneath. The Strokes borrow an A-ha style…

romantic ambivalence conformity vs. escape emotional exhaustion

The Adults Are Talking

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The opening track of The New Abnormal frames a generational and interpersonal standoff as one continuous scene of…

generational conflict surveillance and judgment romantic ambivalence

The Modern Age

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A loose, sun-bleached travelogue of restlessness, where the narrator drifts between attraction and avoidance without ever…

restlessness evasion of commitment performance vs. authenticity

Under Control

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A slow-burning breakup song built almost entirely from negations and reggae-tinged restraint, where the narrator's insistence on…

emotional detachment as self-protection loss of control disguised as calm fading youth

What Ever Happened?

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An opening-track statement of exhaustion and detachment, "What Ever Happened?" pairs a jittery, almost panicked vocal delivery…

desire for erasure/anonymity romantic withdrawal cultural anxiety and authenticity