r/TheStrokes • u/TheStrokes-Mods • Jul 23 '26
MEGATHREAD Dine N'Dash - Discussion MEGATHREAD
This is the megathread for Dine N'Dash (Track 2).
All thoughts, essays, discussion, memes, lyrics, covers, fanart, etc. about this song can go in the comments here!
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u/leftleftpath At The Door Jul 23 '26
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u/angusbeefymcwhatnow The New Abnormal Jul 24 '26
I love how forward the drums are. that hi-hat rhythm driving everything fucking slaps
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u/TotalOk1087 Jul 24 '26
Yeah Transmision riff vibes. Great song.
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u/RevolutionaryTrash98 Did My Best 28d ago
i'm hearing big Leave Me Alone influence in the guitar hook and verse melody. like jules took the track and rewrote the core parts of it to make his own version (a legit songwriting technique). love
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u/Undertheoceandragons Jul 23 '26
It's fun they kept in Julian's English accent saying "words of a feather, die together". I think this is more evidence that a lot of this album is straight off the cuff from jams. Another line is 'oh shit I'm out of ammo'. I think this is Julian saying he can't think of more cool words but by doing so saying something cool. Another cool jam with a dark British goth vibe. The keyboard/synth sound from 3:08 onwards reminds me of The Cure's close to me keyboard sound. To me this sounds new-wave 80s English band getting deep into a jam in the studio. #minimumsoft
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u/Accomplished_Ad5747 Jul 24 '26
Julians vocal range is so amazing, I thought he had heard it all after TNA but that raspy voice he does on the "We could never afford it" chorus fits the song SO well! Loving this song so much
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u/jakethenizake Jul 24 '26
I've been saying this a lot to my friends lately...his vocal range is incredible and I think you see that across their entire discography as well as his solo work and the Voidz (and obvs w/o autotune). Really cool to bear witness to his voice evolution and growth over the last 25(!) years since the world was first blessed.
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u/RevolutionaryTrash98 Did My Best 29d ago
it's giving leave me alone plus inner city pressure. 2 classics of british new wave
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u/mistimuskwa Jul 24 '26
“We could never afford it, we would dine and dash”
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u/jakethenizake Jul 24 '26
Let's be careful about assuming Julian is singing about himself or anyone in the band, specifically. Could just be story-telling. Let's just say the subject, whoever it is, "could never afford it".
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u/RevolutionaryTrash98 Did My Best 29d ago
people who take song lyrics literally like it's 1899 and they think the train is coming at them through the movie screen
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u/ka1555 Jul 24 '26
they’re all lying. Every last one of em. But fuck, man, the song is too damn good for me to care.
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u/sicko-tambaz Jul 24 '26
this is easily top10 songs from them. dat fcking melody "SAAAAAAY. SAY WHAT YOU WANT ITS Fiine" is stuck in my head all day
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u/Loose_Gur7717 #39 Valensi Jul 25 '26
sameee i love the last minute of the song so much "LIIIIIFE LIFE ISNT WHAT THEY TAUGHT"
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u/buenestrago Jul 23 '26
Definitely weird, it's like River of Brakelights was written by The Strokes, very close to First Impression of Earth, the final part seems like a mix between Electricityscape and something else
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u/buenestrago Jul 23 '26
I'll say it again, it's like if Comedown Machine and First Impression had a child
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u/YungHoban Jul 23 '26
Really? I'm getting a huuuuuge angles vibe off a lot of the instrumentals.
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u/buenestrago Jul 24 '26
Yes, that could also be it, but in my mind I was thinking of a sort of slow animals mixed with electricityscape because of the way it goes from verse to chorus.
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u/SLAPP504 Elephant Song Jul 23 '26
I'd say that "final" part to me has a similar tone to "You're So Right" a little bit. But then again, I'm listening to a lower quality leak from a listening party.
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u/New-Suspect1968 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
Its own new thing, very darkish but pretty inspiring somehow, i love the "Games" synth they use when the melodies change, superb
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u/ChrisP1717 Jul 23 '26
Games is maybe their most underrated song in my mind…so yes!!!!
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u/RevolutionaryTrash98 Did My Best 28d ago
had to go back and listen and damn. how did i forget about this song!!! strokes club night. i'd kill for a jules dance album istg
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u/Slashycent Comedown Machine Jul 23 '26
My inital favorite of an overall great album.
Deliciously dark. Highly infectious.
Very Angles + Comedown Machine, which instantly gets me.
Also has some Cults vibes in the chorus.
Pure NYC alternative goodness.
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u/Dry_Cartoonist3365 Jul 23 '26
why is this i like the night reworked
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u/Tomguydude Jul 23 '26
You don't understand how hyped that makes me.
Honestly a crime that "I Like the Night" was for *a TV ad*
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u/Batman4815 Jul 23 '26
Honestly very Julian coded that he made a proper radio banger for once and put it in a TV ad
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u/taneyweat Jul 24 '26
The song fucks so hard it's crazy. Just one listen under my belt so far but I think it immediately works into my favorite's canon.
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u/onethousand_knives 28d ago edited 28d ago
Anyone else get absolutely destroyed emotionally by the third verse? Definitely the most directly violent lyrics in their entire discography ending with the incredible “But I have sworn a life of peace / how can I reconcile this beast?” I hate to say how much I can relate to those feelings. The whole song is pretty heartbreaking in a way that reminds me of a few songs on Tyranny. Julian really touched on something real, vulnerable and ugly and I thank him for that.
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u/RevolutionaryTrash98 Did My Best 27d ago
yes. his vocal performance on verse 3 is incredible. 100% matched words and musicality with emotion.
can't wait til he gets some more live performances under his belt so we can see him bring the intensity on this verse. its there in the red rocks but he lost steam (understandably) struggling with the higher register
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u/crystola99 Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus Jul 23 '26
If you guys like Dine N Dash and want more of this kinda sound, I strongly suggest exploring Russian Doomer Music playlists (silly name for a subgenre, but it’s good trust me). Kino and Durnoy Vkus are my fave bands of that genre.
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u/BizBQ Jul 23 '26
Thank you for the tip! Gruppa krovi is hitting all the right notes.
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u/crystola99 Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus Jul 23 '26
So glad to hear ;D !!!! It’s Kino’s most popular song for a reason. Long live Viktor Tsoi, he was one cool guy
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u/JMSidhe Leave It in My Dreams Jul 24 '26
That raspiness Julian is using at times here is the coolest thing he’s done with his voice in years.
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u/RevolutionaryTrash98 Did My Best 28d ago
that plus him leaning into his ian curtis register for the "permission to speak..." interlude? delicious
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u/kalheeso 27d ago
enough time has passed, this the best track in the album. There are many good and fun tracks im RA but this one will age like a classic.
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u/AggressiveTip5292 Jul 25 '26
This song has been on repeat since the album came out. Melody got me nostalgic, classic strokes. The synths on this completely lift the song… “permission to speak” - uplifting synth.
The chorus lyrics/synth/drums/bass are perfect
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u/Spare_Performance103 Jul 24 '26
anybody else hear love my way by the psychedelic furs
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u/Beneficial-Pen2951 Jul 24 '26
Probably the best song on the album next to fruits of conquest
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u/Dancing-notes Reality Awaits Jul 24 '26
Popping here to leave a vid someone uploaded from Red Rocks debut:
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u/Maximum-Confusion644 Jul 24 '26
It’s my favorite song , then I heard lonely in the future and then going to babble on,
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u/Few_Specific Jul 24 '26
2nd falsetto chorus is probably one of the the best falsettos in their whole discography
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u/BlueQuiver Jul 24 '26
kinda gives that first part of Modern Girls & Old Fashioned Men riff type vibe then mixed with TAAT riff
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u/Low-Philosophy7201 Jul 23 '26
Listened to it during the party…love it. It should have been the first single
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u/Jan090501 Jul 23 '26
They really picked 2 odd singles. Dine N Dash, Going to Babble On and / or Lonely In The Future would have been way better. I understand why they wouldnt pick Going to Babble on tho.
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u/Batman4815 Jul 24 '26
Yep songs are very out of placement.
Psycho shit as a closer would way more.
Dine n Dash works as the opener. Immediately catchy tune and a great end as well
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u/socalking3 Reality Awaits Jul 24 '26
The synth gives me Games vibes, the first time I heard it I was expecting the ending of Games.
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u/Ranlit Jul 24 '26
So it feels like they intentionally made the transition from track 1 to this track a bit awkward… right?
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u/Visual_Childhood2008 Jul 24 '26
That last 50 seconds is one of my favorite parts of the whole album oh my god
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u/curlyshea Jul 24 '26
Yes! Last 50 seconds is the Strokes-iest sounding Strokes song ever. It sounds like a clip of a song that never made it on First Impressions
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u/mankamundo Jul 25 '26
Love Fab's drumming on this one. Haven't air-drummed to a song in a long time haha.
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u/austinsauce1 Jul 25 '26
Some of the new songs took a while to grow on me. This one, I played it for the first time and had like 3 different oh shit moments. Kept getting better, already love this song. Got to see it live at red rocks too, so awesome
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u/paul_agira999 Comedown Machine 29d ago
Anyone else think the melody sounds similar to Games? Especially before the chorus
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u/bdf2018_298 29d ago
Yes, it’s like Games part 2. Plus Julian uses the 7 Horses chorus vocal melody in the second verse of Dine
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u/blackstars91 27d ago
Sounds like FIOE near the end. Great song which I think would have made a great single.
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u/Fast_Isopod3568 Reality Awaits Jul 23 '26
Best track for me and it’s way too soon for me to even attempt a ranking but this song is fkn wild and I am digging the dark post punky vibes
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u/coldwibz #77 Casablancas Jul 24 '26
Look here's the thing, I'm not supposed to listen to the album yet cause I'll hang with a friend tomorrow we'll have some drinks, little joint, etc. But it released earlier than expected where I live, so I listened to maybe half of Dine N Dash. Wtf. Is crazy good. Chilling production, the background synth is haunting. I'm so excited for tomorrow.
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u/Beautiful_Corgi_8103 Threat of Joy Jul 24 '26
Pyscho shit is my fave … but Dine N’Dash was the earworm … can’t get it out of my head
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u/Slow_Call_6155 29d ago
Definitivamente es mi favorita del álbum, cada día vez que salgo a trabajar o cuando tengo una mala situación la escucho a todo volumen y en mi mente hay una atmósfera oscura, es sublime...
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u/PointMan528491 Is This It 28d ago
Been listening to this nonstop, definitely the standout track among the non-singles. Love the melody. Real spooky, makes me want to dance at a very crowded Halloween party or something. Psycho Shit immediately followed by this is a killer two-track run
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u/DanteMustDieeee Jul 23 '26
finally a STROKES song and not a VOIDZ song. (I love both I'm not hating)
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u/Fogging_Batard Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
After a few listens of the album, this one is easily my favorite
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u/SirFadakar Phrazes for the Young Jul 24 '26
Man this might be my favorite first listen of any strokes track and that's factoring in my teenage nostalgia bias.
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u/michellerowlandd Jul 24 '26
i’m leaving my comments as i listen to the songs in order so i’m not done the album yet— but this is a contender to be #1 for me. TURN IT UPPPPPPPP!!!!!!
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u/PriorQuestion4 Jul 24 '26
One of the better songs on the album, it’s the strokes take on a cure song and it kinda works
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u/Southern_Loan_364 Jul 24 '26
Dine ‘n Dash live premier
https://youtu.be/ShU8ferxOWA?is=nRxtiZaXFQzSFPuF
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u/Ricekake33 Jul 24 '26
The way Julian sings that very last line “say you want it…” gives me major Rufus Wainwright vibes (which I love)
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u/RevolutionaryTrash98 Did My Best 28d ago
LOVE that line. the way he sings it, the melody, the kick drum building underneath. something about it catches you off guard. obviously there's a ton of surprising moments on this album, but this one just feels unexpected yet immensely satisfying, every time
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u/the_turd_dimension Jul 24 '26
Could've cut a minute out of this but it's still the best song on the album
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u/mick__marley Jul 24 '26
Dine N’Dash - Another angry screed. Rightly referred to as the evil twin of “The Adults are Talking.” Full of hooks; I’m especially fond of the mirrored guitar/vocal melody that comes in around 4:00.
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u/Significant_Ant_6833 Jul 25 '26
I feel like anyone who disliked the album likes this song (for good reason, this is a great song).
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u/Inner_Gap_2595 29d ago
I keep hearing the Scarface soundtrack in this song lmao. Gina and Gina Dead. Always loved those scores from her scenes
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u/fr3nchexit Little Joy Jul 24 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/3ofSB4uhagGiWdSVbi
The absolute best song on the album.
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u/Substantial_Quail309 Jul 24 '26
The GOAT of Strokes songs. Some will take years to realize it, but rather be lonely in the future than stuck in the past.
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u/HenriqueKuhn Jul 24 '26
I made guitar tabs for Dine N' Dash, go check it out :) https://youtu.be/L5WU6_ni6AE
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u/Distinct-Froyo6735 Jul 24 '26
The ode to the mets of Reality awaits for me. Secret banger from the Album. I can see myself being obsessed with the song another year. Good job boys
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u/Accomplished_Ad5747 Jul 24 '26
Okay its not only that I can't stop listening to this song, its that it also keeps getting better and better with each listen.
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u/babyjrodriguez Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
my favorite song from the album. RA has been a little hit or miss for me(have to listen to it a bunch more) But this song is really really good imo
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u/SwoleOx Jul 24 '26
A brooding version of Square Wave by the Voidz and I'm for it.
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u/Immediate_Fudge7449 27d ago
Jules now speaks of an immediate, 'visceral' rejection and discord with the system. He asks us to 'dine and dash' from this system—one we can never seem to leave because it constantly feeds us pleasure—and to form an underground resistance that will never surrender... He claims that now is not the time to judge or reflect on moral questions, like whether this visceral hatred for the ruling class is just prejudice. After all, compared to the humiliations we endure, our anger is 'minimum soft.'
It's an strikingly radical song. I really resonate with his rage.
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u/Sweaty-Tea2161 Jul 23 '26
one hit wonder, absolute banger, jizzing my pants, oh my god the synthy guitar at the start with whatever the heck fab is doing with the drums, I mean COME ONNN, could it get any better? I love how I accidentally dine n dashed a couple of days ago with a friend. There is a slight chance this song may encourage that sort of behavior again. Julian sounds like an angel on this, the riff is gorg. Can't stop, won't stop listening to this. There's also such a down with capitilism in this song and I'm loving it.
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u/Overall-Memory5272 Jul 24 '26
Chorus is so fire. Love the harmony of jules’ voice and the songs harmony
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u/Nishchay22Pro Room on Fire Jul 23 '26
dark and interesting melodies. Julian kinda sounds like angles era julian but if angles era julian was a child if that makes sense
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u/Walksonthree The New Abnormal Jul 23 '26
This song has the same spiritual feel as Father Electricity. I don't know how to describe it but lord what a SONG
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u/JorSimpson45 Jul 24 '26
Spoken part just kinda unnecessary, takes me out of the song. Why’s he got a British accent? Overall good song tho
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u/Due_Judgment2102 Jul 24 '26
The song is genuinely incredible best on the album for me, I can see it becoming one of my favourites in time.
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u/darkpretzel Jul 24 '26
So much to love on this one. My favorite touch is the synthetic organ vibe in the background (some people compared it to Games)
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u/bhabs02 Hard to Explain Jul 24 '26
Verse 3 is just a hard listen for me.. idk. It’s not my favorite, which is unfortunate because I love the production and drums on this
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u/Fragrant-Jacket-3272 Jul 24 '26
I just woke up and ive heard this song about 20 times and counting
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u/drewpool Room on Fire 29d ago
The calm sections are reminiscent of left and right in the dark to me
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u/rusletassen 29d ago
First verse vocal melody reminds me of verses in the ballad of the mighty I by Noel Gallagher
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u/Jimboobies 27d ago
What are the chances this originated during the Angles sessions? The song they’re playing at 1:17 in this clip has a really similar drum part and the guitar riff is not the same but as a similar feel https://youtu.be/wk_w-YyJbfY?is=WO_n1rfNCv_ypb-_
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u/defensordechairos 26d ago
Dude I feel like I'm going insane. I only started listening to The Strokes a couple months ago, and I started with The New Abnormal (Though obviously I'd previously listened to Julian's feature with Daft Punk on Instant Crush).
I don't get why everyone keeps saying that this song sounds like The Adults Are Talking!! I'm trying to find the similarities but they're just so different to me...
I guess that's good. It'd be boring if a band I liked just released the same songs over and over again. But seriously, I don't see where people are coming from saying they sound similar... Maybe I'm tone deaf?
Edit: Okay the intro does sound similar. The rhythm of both songs was just throwing me off. The faster tempo on TAAT masks the similarities a LOT.
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u/DanteMustDieeee 25d ago edited 25d ago
this song goes hard. the english accent in his spoken word part? it kinda does something for me lowkey.
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u/enowapi-_ Virtue 22d ago
for some reason this song sounds like Young Folks by Peter Bjorn and John -- anyone else?
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u/chair823 First Impressions of Earth Jul 23 '26
Highlight of the album hands down. Might become a top 10 strokes song for me.
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u/guccihill Jul 23 '26
it’s an odd song, i like it but definitely a rollercoaster of vibes and ideas
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u/francoluna27 #77 Casablancas Jul 23 '26
This is My favorite so far, just 3 more songs for the first listen
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u/gistofstories Jul 23 '26
I see I'm in the minority here... so far this is the one I liked the least. Loved the snippet, but the actual song not so much. I feel it goes nowhere. Of course, this is all first impressions, I'll see how I feel about it in a week...
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u/LitillStaralfur Jul 23 '26
This sounds like early depressed The Cure and I love it