The Strokes "Is This It" 2026-01-23 Shadows worked for months before

Shadows worked for months before the album's release with vocal coach Ron Anderson

Bastille's wildly-ambitious new album

transportive and in rapture at life’s endless possibilities

and played everything you hear on Bigger Than Life using entirely analog gear

The Strokes "Is This It" 2026-01-23 Shadows worked for months beforeClocking in at 36 minutes, Is This It? packs its perfect length with stellar songs that draw inspiration from all over the map. Among the many highlights are Last Nite with its insistent motown backbeat and choppy johnny thunders like guitar solo, Barely Legal, sounding like 1980s era Cure fronted by a saucy Iggy Pop, and the jangly Someday with its hairshirt of vulnerability from a bad break up. While frontman Julian Casablancas drawls like Lou Reed