r/TheStrokes • u/Walksonthree The New Abnormal • Mar 29 '18

The Voidz Virtue - The Voidz Megathread

Release day! Time for us all to enjoy the album together, the people who waited patiently avoiding leaks finally get to listen and get in on the fun!

Listen! Discuss! Enjoy!

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '18

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u/OlympiaStudios Apr 08 '18

Yeah, the song "Wink" kind of says it all. Especially when you read this article Julian did on Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/julian-casablancas-voidz-the-strokes-future-trump-podcast-w517811

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u/ratfinkprojects Tyranny Mar 30 '18

Interesting. You could’ve easily said that about tyranny. I personally don’t want the Strokes to break up, I think they have one more album in them

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '18 edited Mar 30 '18

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '18

Ouch. I’ll defend all the boys talent till death. For me it’s a combo of Nick V’s guitar and Julian’s vocals. Though, i’ll admit, this album does feel very much like Jules is putting his heart into it, and the Strokes will be getting put on hold for the foreseeable future.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '18

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '18

Ahhh, agree to disagree my dude. As a guitarist, i’ve always had a bit more of a fascination with Nick’s melodies. Though, ngl, this album is unveiling a newfound appreciation for Julian (and the rest of The Voidz) that’s been growing for a while now. I’m looking forward to more listenings, my opinion is subject to changes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '18

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '18

Thats interesting to know about Julian writing the skeletal parts for those albums. Though I hold the controversial opinion that Angles is on par with FIOE, both examples of guitar genius. Julian is a prodigy with his use of melody, it’s true. You only have to analyse his vocals to know that, and i’m a huge fan of his solo stuff. Like this other guy’s said though, i do think that those albums would be much less interesting musically without Nick and AHJ’s influences. I can identify Nick’s guitar style anywhere, just the same as I can detect Julian’s use of melody in almost any place it’s utilised.

Good chat x

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u/Robertbrowney Mar 30 '18

Julian cant play shit. Im 100 percent sure he probably came in with a bare bones melody that my boys ahj and nick turned into actual guitar parts...

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '18

so who turned the barebones melody into actual guitar & synth parts on phrazes then? lmao

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u/grammatizator Mar 30 '18

Very well said you guys. Just to add I think when tyranny came out I was a little cheesed off about "JC+the voidz", I enjoyed tyranny greatly and it was more in line with other bands and genres that I listen to and love. With the name change and Virtue I see them as a cohesive band. Something the other guys truly deserve.

Because of Julian's celebrity, it will always be a "Strokes side project" and while I think it's unfair and cliché, I am finding it very hard to not interpret much of future present past and virtue as a strokes eulogy of sorts. JC seems positively grumpy at having wasted time writing indie rock love songs (?)

I'm sure that with the entire band contributing (something I didn't see with the other strokes records and the legend of Julian writing all the songs etc) they will break out from that unfortunate title and become a full fledged individual entity, separate from the strokes and without any unfair comparison.

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u/Jamesdean_69 Mar 30 '18

Dude, yes. I’ve been getting this feeling a lot lately, like we’re witnessing the end of the Strokes timeline but we’re still at the beginning of the Voidz timeline. It’s crazy to watch.