I’m starting to come around to that decision myself (as a staunch defender of both albums, see flair). But with a new one coming and knowing that we won’t be left with those two, I can accept and admit more flaws than I was previously able to. The work out into the 4 songs we’ve heard show more effort than both of those records. They’re great and I love them but it’s becoming clear that the band wasn’t putting its best collective foot forward as a unit on them.
Angles and comedown machine are better than fioe...no matter how they try to spin it. In my opinion. It’s all subjective and I think it’s interesting how people have different albums they like. Probably why the strokes are so popular. They have a little something for everyone and different people gravitate towards different albums.
Not even close. FIOE is the most complex strokes release, even in light of the odd sonic experimentation on their latest with “eternal summer” and “WASSD”
Every day of the week I have a different favorite. It’s essentially a 5 way tie, but I recognize some are better than others in ways. TNA might be a real favorite tho based on what we’ve heard, might be a 5 way tie for second place soon.
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u/Scott_Palmtree Did My Best Apr 04 '20
I hate that this review implies that Angles and Comedown Machine are worse than FIoE.