Saturday, August 02, 2003
Finally I've got round to listening to The Strokes' first album and, like every other cut-price comedian in the world found myself wondering 'Is This It'? There seems to be no reason for the album, or the band, to exist. Everyone involves seem half-interested in making it, as though they've all been dragged out of bed and will be returning there as soon as they've completed their alloted task. In this case even the slightly scuzzy singles sound sleepy and lethargic. It just makes me wonder whether the music scene really was so bad a few years back that this bunch of soap-dodgers were seen as the rock highlight of the year.
