The New Abnormal

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Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas . Retrieved February 9, 2023. Type The Strokes in the box under the ARTISTA column headingand The New Abnormal in the box under the TÍTULO column heading. To further promote the record, the band released a series of self-produced videos titled and stylized as "5guys talking about things they know nothing about." [29] The band explained that "...we wanted to see if we could connect with folks, and turned what was supposed to be a pirate radio thing for our album release (which we would make in-person) into a video chat instead..." [30] The first episode premiered on April 8, 2020, and in the following episode, released April 9, 2020, the band previewed the entire record. Another small victory is that Casablancas’ falsetto has improved. What once felt like a novelty (at best) actually leads to some striking moments. The verses of “Eternal Summer” are sleek and exciting—that is, until the unfortunate Austin Powers impression of a bridge waltzes in to kill everyone’s buzz. “The Adults Are Talking,” with its steady build and soaring climax, adds to their legacy of great album openers. After his distracted performances on Angles and Comedown Machine, Casablancas now sounds tasked with keeping spirits light; from the slurred Sinatra croon in “Not the Same Anymore” to his pop-punk sneer in “Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus,” he seems up for the challenge. Arcand, Rob. "The Strokes Play New Song 'Ode To The Mets,' Say New Album Is Coming in 2020 at Brooklyn NYE Performance". Spin . Retrieved February 11, 2020. The Strokes Discuss "Things They Know Nothing About" in New Video Series". HYPEBEAST. April 8, 2020 . Retrieved March 21, 2021.

Richardson, Mark (April 8, 2020). " The New Abnormal Review: Not-So-Different Strokes". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021 . Retrieved April 13, 2020. Leeson, Josh (April 13, 2020). "Review: The Strokes – The New Abnormal". The Newcastle Herald . Retrieved April 14, 2020. Aubrey, Elizabeth (November 1, 2020). "Watch The Strokes perform 'The Adults Are Talking' and 'Bad Decisions' on 'Saturday Night Live' ". NME . Retrieved November 22, 2020. The cover art for The New Abnormal features the 1981 painting Bird on Money by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. [22] The album's title was inspired by a quote made by former California governor Jerry Brown in November 2018 in the midst of the California wildfires. [23] Brown had responded to the emergency events being labeled "the new normal" by instead calling them "the new abnormal". [24] The wildfires had especially impacted Malibu, the location of Rubin's Shangri-La studio at which the band were recording the album, though the studio itself was left unharmed. This chain of events influenced the band to use the quote as the title for their album. [23] Despite the album title having been revealed in February 2020 and instead referencing Brown's quote, New York Times writer Jon Pareles noted in his review of the album that the title was a fitting description for public life during the COVID-19 pandemic. [25] Strokes singer Julian Casablancas also noted during the pandemic that the title "feels so prescient because of the parallel between something like coronavirus". [23] Promotion [ edit ] Dolan, Jon (April 10, 2020). "The Strokes Heart the Eighties and Sound Like Themselves on The New Abnormal". Rolling Stone . Retrieved April 10, 2020.

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a b c d Kennedy, Mark (April 8, 2020). "Review: The Strokes triumph on their 1st album in 7 years". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved April 9, 2020. a b Aroesti, Rachel (April 10, 2020). "The Strokes: The New Abnormal review – old magic lights fresh sparks". The Guardian . Retrieved April 10, 2020. Screen, Harrison (April 12, 2020). "The Strokes: The New Abnormal – Review". Vinyl Chapters . Retrieved April 16, 2020.

Dutchcharts.nl – The Strokes – The New Abnormal" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 17, 2020. a b Sodomsky, Sam (April 10, 2020). "The Strokes – The New Abnormal". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 10, 2020. Future Releases on Alternative Radio Stations". All Access. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020 . Retrieved November 22, 2020.

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Strauss, Matthew. "Watch the Strokes Perform New Song "The Adults Are Talking" ". Pitchfork . Retrieved February 11, 2020. a b Kemp, Ella (April 6, 2020). "The Strokes – The New Abnormal review: proof that they're still the best riff-makers around". NME . Retrieved April 6, 2020.

Konemann, Liam (October 11, 2016). "The Strokes are 'slowly but surely working on an album' ". DIY . Retrieved February 16, 2020. Austriancharts.at – The Strokes – The New Abnormal" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 22, 2020.a b "The Strokes launch pirate radio show". Consequence of Sound. April 9, 2020 . Retrieved April 13, 2020. Pareles, Jon (April 13, 2020). "On The New Abnormal, the Strokes Flip Nostalgia Toward the Future". The New York Times . Retrieved May 14, 2020. Bloom, Madison (February 7, 2020). "The Strokes Tease Something Called The New Abnormal". Pitchfork . Retrieved February 19, 2020.

Aswad, Jem; Sabla, Elvin. "Governors Ball Festival Evacuated Due to Thunderstorms, Multiple Acts Cancelled". Variety . Retrieved June 19, 2019. A través del recorrido de la aguja, quizá algunos pops y leve ruido magnetizado, pero en general vale la pena... Este Picture Disc además tiene un gran arte; la pintura de Basquiat en ambos lados y dentro, a forma de insert el poster a gran escala del grupo y de la portada. The Strokes' Julian Casablancas on staying home (not too bad), the state of our democracy (really bad)". Los Angeles Times. April 13, 2020 . Retrieved August 14, 2020.

On The Go

Daramola, Israel. "The Strokes Announce New Year's Eve Show in Brooklyn". Spin . Retrieved February 11, 2020. a b Greenblatt, Leah (April 6, 2020). "The Strokes return, unbound, on The New Abnormal". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved April 6, 2020. a b Bell, Kaelen (April 10, 2020). "The Strokes: The New Abnormal". Exclaim! . Retrieved April 12, 2020. It’s interesting to wonder if the Strokes will appeal to listeners born in the years following “Is This It”—young people who are in thrall, perhaps, to some of what the Strokes inspired (the Arctic Monkeys, Ty Segall) but not necessarily to the band itself. “I’m not scared / Just don’t care / I’m not listening, you hear?” Casablancas sings, on “Selfless.” The sensation he’s describing—a kind of purposeful disengagement—is familiar to anyone who came of age in the nineties, but apathy of this sort is largely anathema to Generation Z. Will the idea that life is too mortifying to be taken seriously compute for teen-agers who spend their spare time screaming themselves hoarse at climate protests? They have fought to hone and perpetuate a grammar of inclusivity, in which no one is made to feel insufficient, but so much of the pleasure of listening to the Strokes is in feeling as if you have arrived someplace exclusive, where heartache doesn’t quite register.